Interview with Fred McDowell about learning guitar

Date recorded: September 21, 1959
Contributor(s): Performer: McDowell, Fred; Performer: Lomax, Alan; Recordist: Lomax, Alan

Subject(s):

Genre: interview/commentary

Culture: African American, Southern U.S.

Instruments: voice

Setting: The home of Miles Pratcher

Location: Como, Panola County, Mississippi, United States

Physical form: Reel to Reel

Tape number: T894

Track Number: 10

Archive ID: T894R10

Note: Alan asks Fred where he learned to play the guitar: "Just a habit I pick up my own."

Transcript:
Belongs to: Como II 9/59

About the session: The Pratcher brothers, Miles and Bob, perform old-time string band tunes, breakdowns, and reels on Miles Pratcher's porch. Includes play songs by Pratcher grandchildren and their friends, as well as the first recordings of Miles' neighbor, Fred McDowell.

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