Goodbye Old Paint (fragment)

Date recorded: April 19, 1969
Contributor(s): Performer: Lomax, Alan; Recordist: Lomax, Alan

Subject(s):

Genre: cowboy song

Culture: Anglo-American, Southern U.S.

Instruments: guitar (acoustic), voice

Setting: The home of Fred McDowell

Location: Texas City, Galveston County, Texas, United States

Physical form: Reel to Reel

Tape number: T9000

Track Number: 2

Archive ID: T9000R02

Transcript:
Belongs to: Texas City 1969

About the session: A lecture and performance given by Alan Lomax in Texas City, Texas, on April 19, 1969. Lomax illustrates the development of American folk music through New England hymns to Black spirituals and bad-man ballads. The recording was given to Lomax by Robert P. Shinn.

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