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has anybody seen the documentary "desperate man blues"?
its about one of the biggest record collectors in the states Joe Bussard. it talks about his travels in the sixties through nomans land to find as many records that he can. its really interesting and they play lots of old blues, folk, banjo music.
its a really fun watch. and its a great way to learn more about this amazing genre.
its also very interesting to hear about him, cause he is one of the people that saved this music, and because of him he can enjoy it.
also
a few months ago somebody came to give a lecture at my UNI. he, for 30 years, was head of the folklore section at the library of congress and talked to us about the history of music recordings in the states, and about field recordings. really really cool guy. he played us indian chants recorded in 1890 and prison songs and stuff like that. he was real lucky, after only two months into his job he got to record missisipi john hurt.
anyhoo i bought a cd from him called
the library of congress collection of feild recordings, or somethjing like that.
its an amazing album, and i strongly recomend searcing for it.
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