"I never enjoyed the Lomaxes because I felt they exploited the singers/musicians for their own ends."

If it wasn't for the Lomaxes, Alan in particular, many of these blues musicians would never
have been rediscovered. Alan recorded McKinley Morganfield for Library of Congress who became Muddy Waters.

Son House, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Furry Lewis, Bukka White and other formerly obscured
blues artists were recorded and presented to the public by Alan.

Alan could be irascible and strongly opinionated but there is no disputing his contribution
to the body of music we call folk or blues. He was the trailblazer. He never made that much money compared to a Lonnie Donegan who did exploit Leadbelly for financial gain.

It's become fashionable to diss Lomax because so many other folklorists have appeared on the scene but they are standing on Alan's shoulders.

Frank Hamilton