Mance Lipscomb, "the Texas Songster." Black sharecropper from East Texas-Louisiana. Overlapped with Leadbelly (a little later). CD's are available; label is Arhoolie [dialect for "holler," as in "field holler," a work song]. A typical weekend for Lipscomb consisted of playing for the "White folks' dance" on one night, the "Black folks' dance" on the other night, and both the Baptists and the Methodists on Sunday morning--he had to remember that they had strong and different preferences as to how hymns were to be played. A college roomie c.1966 had his records. Wonderful guitar picking. "Keep on Truckin', Mama," "Little Brown Jug," "Titanic."

C.C.