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Mance Lipscomb (April 9, 1895 – January 30, 1976[1]) was an influential blues singer, guitarist and songster. Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans) Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of Music based on the use of the Blue notes It emerged as an accessible form of self-expression A guitarist is a Musician who plays the Guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres The term "songster" is most often used to denote an African American wandering musician of the type which first appeared in the late 19th century in the Southern United Born Beau De Glen Lipscomb near Navasota, Texas, he as a youth took the name of 'Mance' from a friend of his oldest brother Charlie (Mance short for emancipation). Navasota is a city in Grimes County, Texas, United States. The population was 6789 at the 2000 census Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. Abolitionism was a political movement of the 18th and 19th century which sought to make Slavery illegal particularly in the United States and British West Indies Lipscomb was the son of an ex-slave from Alabama and a half Choctaw Indian mother. Alabama (formally the State of Alabama;) is a State located in the southern region of the United States of America. The Choctaw are a Native American people originally from the Southeastern United States ( Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana) Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States

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Life and career

Lipscomb spent most of his life working as a tenant farmer in Texas and was "discovered" and recorded by Mack McCormick and Chris Strachwitz in 1960 during the country blues revival. Robert "Mack" McCormick (born August 3 1930 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a pioneering musicologist and folklorist Christian Alexander Maria Graf Strachwitz von Gross-Zauche und Camminetz (Chris Strachwitz (b A roots revival ( folk revival) is a trend which includes young performers popularizing the traditional musical styles of their ancestors He released a few albums of blues and folk music (most of them on Strachwitz' Arhoolie label[1]), singing and accompanying himself on acoustic guitar. An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public The Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of Music based on the use of the Blue notes It emerged as an accessible form of self-expression Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous Arhoolie Records ( El Cerrito California) is a small Record label run by Chris Strachwitz. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music See also Acoustic Guitar (magazine An acoustic guitar is a Guitar that uses only acoustic methods to project the sound produced by its strings He had a fine finger-picking guitar technique, and an expressive voice well suited to his material. His debut release, Texas Songster (1960) revealed how broad and catholic his repertoire was, and further sets for Arhoolie made that point in greater detail, Lipscomb happily turning from a blues number to "It's a Long Way to Tipperary". " It's a Long Way to Tipperary " is a British Music hall and marching Song written by Jack Judge and Harry Williams (Henry [2]

Lipscomb's song "Baby, Let Me Lay It On You" was picked up and reworked into "Baby, Let Me Follow You Down" by urban folksingers Eric Von Schmidt and Bob Dylan after a New York performance. " Baby Let Me Follow You Down " is a traditional folk song popularised in the late 1950s by blues guitarist Eric Von Schmidt. Eric Von Schmidt ( May 28 1931 — February 2 2007) was an American Singer-songwriter associated with the Folk/blues Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major One of his best songs, "Sugar Babe", was the first song he learned on guitar. Lipscomb performed and recorded a country blues version of "Shine On, Harvest Moon". Country blues (also folk blues, rural blues, backwoods blues, or downhome blues) refers to all "Shine On Harvest Moon" is the name of a popular early-1900s song credited to Jack Norworth and his wife Nora Bayes.

Trouble in Mind was recorded in 1970, and released on a major label, Reprise. Reprise Records is an American Record label, founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra, which is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated [3]

Unlike many of his contemporaries like Blind Blake and Blind Willie McTell his life is well documented and he appeared in several films, including the 1971 documentary, A Well Spent Life[1]. "Blind" Blake (born Arthur Blake, circa 1893 Jacksonville Florida; died circa 1933 was an influential Blues Singer and Guitarist William Samuel McTell, better known as Blind Willie McTell ( May 5, 1898 (sometimes reported as 1901 or even 1903 – August 19, 1959 Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt in one fashion or another to " Document " reality His autobiography, I Say Me for a Parable: The Oral Autobiography of Mance Lipscomb, Texas Bluesman, narrated to Glen Alyn, was published posthumously. An autobiography, from the Greek αὐτός autos "self" βίος bios "life" and γράφειν graphein "to write"

Despite his fame in the 1960s and early 1970s he died poor in his hometown of Navasota in 1976, two years after suffering a stroke. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. Events January-February January 5 - Bob Dylan releases Desire January 6 - Peter Frampton A stroke is the rapidly developing loss of brain functions due to a disturbance in the blood vessels supplying blood to the brain

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References

  1. ^ a b c Oldies.com biography - accessed January 2008
  2. ^ Russell, Tony (1997). Performers in the Blues style range from primitive one-chord Delta players to Big bands to Country music to Rock and roll to classical The following are people who were either born/raised or have lived for a significant period of time in Texas. This is a list of notable guitarists organized by genre Blues Early blues Robert Johnson Big Bill Broonzy The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray. Dubai: Carlton Books Limited, p. 136. ISBN 1-85868-255-X.  
  3. ^ All Music Guide biography - accessed January 2008

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