I have been highlighting a few of the artist that I like on here and thought that maybe some people might like to learn a little more about the blues. In comes Alan Lomax and his project for the Library of Congress and Fisk University in 1941 and 1942 where he tours the delta and hill country of Mississippi listening, documenting, and recording the early sounds of one of Americas greatest music genres. In his book The Land Where The Blues Began he sheds light on this trip. What an awesome book, I had the priviledge to pick it up in passing one day not even knowing what I was buying and have read it from cover to cover and plan on reading it again. For the novice blues lover though this is the ticket to a better understanding. A lot of the recording that he made are located at the Lomax Archive site and you can also read a little more about him and projects he inspired, started, or encouraged at The Association for Cultural Equity. If you want to pick up the book you can get it from the link to Amazon.com below.

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