Joe Savage: Texas Is My Home (1978)


Date recorded: September 2, 1978
Contributor(s): Recordist: Bishop, John; Recordist: Long, Worth; Recordist: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Brown, Walter; Performer: Savage, Joe
Description: Joe Savage, former muleskinner and Parchman Farm inmate, sings a holler called "Texas Is My Home." Introduced by Walter Brown and Arthur [last name unknown]. Shot by Alan Lomax, Worth Long, and John Bishop, September 2, 1978, on the levee in Greenville, Mississippi.
Subject(s):
Genre: holler
Location: Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States
Track Number: 67
Archive ID: haXPDkhKW8o
Transcript:
Belongs to: Mississippi Delta and Hill Country (1978)
About the session: Bluesmen; fife-and-drum ensembles; former muleskinners and railroad tie-tampers; and tall-tale reciters. Performers include Skip James collaborator Jack Owens, diddley-bow player Lonnie Pitchford, fife legend Otha Turner, and R. L. Burnside in his first film appearance.
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