Quote by: Alan Lomax

And the thing that I always tried to do with important singers when I met them was to sit down and record everything they knew, give them a first real run-through of their art.


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  • NameAlan Lomax
  • Descriptionmusic historian, field collector, producer and filmmaker
  • BornJanuary 31, 1915
  • DiedJuly 19, 2002
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionAnthropologist; Musician; Musicologist; Historian; Ethnomusicologist; Music Historian
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; National Medal Of Arts; Grammy Trustees Award