1961 LP Alan Lomax Southern Journey 9 BAD MAN BALLADS
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Aug 8, 2011 Sold Date
Aug 1, 2011 Start Date
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Here we have an original 1961 Alan Lomax LP Record Album, Southern Journey 9, Bad Man Ballads, a collection of field recordings from the South, Prestige International, plus a Lyrics Book. A magnificent addition to your American Folk Music collection. The legendary Alan Lomax (1915-2002), was a great field collector of folk music, and the first to record folk mega-stars like Leadbelly, Muddy Waters and Woody Guthrie. This LP album is the ninth in the Southern Journey series, and contains the following tracks:

Pretty Polly

Po' Laz'rus

Claude Allen

Hangman Tree

Early in the Mornin'

The Lawson Murder

Dangerous Blues

Railroad Bill

Columbus Stockade

Willie Brennan

Hawkins County Jail

Po' Laz'rus

The persistance of blood feuds in our mountains and gang warfare in our cities indicate that just below our civilized surface lies a wellspring of savagery always ready to emerge into the light of day. The canvas of Anglo-American bad man ballads show that there is one particular theme... the murder of the pregnant girl by her lover. In frontier America west of the Mississippi, it occured so frequently it was almost an obsession. One was hard pressed to find a bad man ballad singer that did not know at least one or two of these songs, which put a premium on feminine purity and branded sex as sinful and unladylike. Across the Mississippi, songs of outlaws were far more popular.

Lomax traveled into virtually isolated areas to record the ninth album right there on site.

Lomax died at the age of 87, as a pioneer of musicology. Even though the FBI investigated him for 37 years, they never succeeded in finding any evidence of any Communist associations. Lomax left us with a legacy that preserved traditional music and took it to a wider audience, for which we are all eternally grateful.

The album and lyrics book are in Excellent condition and the jacket is in Good condition.


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