Quote by: Alan Lomax

You could hear him, literally, half a mile away when he opened up. He was at his peak then. He was, naturally, dying to get out of the place he was in, and he recorded for us his appeal for pardon to the governor.


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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