John and Alan Lomax were very important to folk music in the U.S.
and around the world, many of the field recordings that exist today
were because of their work!

http://www.pbs.org/americanrootsmusic/pbs_arm_saa_lomax.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lomax

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Lomax

http://www.buffaloreport.com/020726lomax.html

does anyone here have personal remembrances of them?