Lomax

Lomax

Lomax

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Lomax

2014

0h 12m

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In 1941, folklorist Alan Lomax traveled from the Library of Congress to the Mississippi Delta to record an oral history of the blues. Equipped with 500 pounds of audio equipment powered by his car battery, he ventured across nameless roads to discover the most beautiful and harrowing songs ever sung.

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Georg Koszulinski

Alan Lomax

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James Y. Jones

Bill Henley

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