Lomax, Alan

Alan Lomax
Alan Lomax

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Fødselsdato	22. januar 1915( 22-01-1915 )
Fødselssted	Austin , Texas
Dødsdato	19. juli 2002 (87 år)( 2002-07-19 )
Et dødssted	Safety Harbor , Florida
Land	USA
Erhverv	folklorist , etnomusikolog , musiker
Priser	Guggenheim Fellowship ( 1946 ) Grammy Board of Trustees Award [d] ( 2003 ) Living Legend of the Library of Congress [d] (april 2000 )
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Alan Lomax ( 31. januar 1915 – 19. juli 2002) var en amerikansk etnomusikolog og samler af folklore , bedst kendt for sit arbejde med Library of Congress , hvortil han kompilerede en samling folkemusikindspilninger, [1] og som en human , som fandt mange amerikanske folkesange, opdagede en række fremtidige berømte folk- og bluesmusikere og registrerede mange musikalske optagelser til fremtidige generationer.

Især Lomax var den første til at indspille så berømte musikere som Leadbelly , Muddy Waters og Woody Guthrie [2] .

I 1994 blev Alan Lomax optaget i Blues Hall of Fame (som en "non-performer").

Familie

Far: John Avery Lomax (1867-1948)

Noter

↑ Alan Lomax - Biografi - Akademisk . biography.com. Hentet 8. februar 2015. Arkiveret fra originalen 8. februar 2015. (ubestemt)
↑ Alan Lomax, der hævede folkemusikkens stemme i USA, dør som 87-årig . NYTimes.com (20. juli 2002). Hentet 30. september 2017. Arkiveret fra originalen 13. december 2017. (ubestemt)

Yderligere læsning

John Szwed. Alan Lomax: Manden der optog verden . New York: Viking Press , 2010 (438 s.: ISBN 978-0-670-02199-4 ) / London: William Heinemann, 2010 (438 s.; ISBN 978-0-434-01232-9 ). Omfattende biografi.
Barton, Matthew. The Lomaxes, pp. 151-169, i Spenser, Scott B. The Ballad Collectors of North America: How Gathering Folksongs Transformed Academic Thought and American Identity (American Folk Music and Musicians Series) . Plymouth, Storbritannien: Scarecrow Press . 2011. Den amerikanske sangindsamling af John A. og Alan Lomax i historisk perspektiv.

Links

Alan Lomax på Biography.com
Alan Lomax på Encyclopædia Britannica

Blues Hall of Fame

1980: Big Bill Broonzy , Muddy Waters , Willie Dixon , Little Walter , BB King , Charlie Patton , Jimmy Reed , Bessie Smith , Otis Spann , T-Bone Walker , Sonny Boy Williamson I , Sonny Boy Williamson II , Lightnin' Hopkins , The Dream House , Howlin' Wolf , James Elmore , Blind Lemon Jefferson , Robert Johnson , Memphis Minnie , John Lee Hooker
1981: Tampa Red , Professor Longhair , Roy Brown , Bobby "Blue" Bland , Willie McTell
1982: Big Walter Horton , Freddie King , Magic Sam , Ray Charles , Leroy Carr
1983: Albert King , Big Joe Turner , Robert Nighthawk , Louis Jordan , Ma Rainey
1984: Otis Rush , Willie May "Big Mama" Thornton , Hound Dog Taylor
1985: Buddy Guy , Slim Harpo , Chuck Berry , JB Hutto
1986: Tommy Johnson , Leadbelly , Albert Collins
1987: Percy Mayfield , Sonny Terry , Eddie Taylor
1988: Johnny Winter , Mississippi John Hurt , Little Milton , Jay McShann
1989: Clifton Chenier , Robert Lockwood , Memphis Slim
1990: Lonnie Johnson , Blind Blake , Bukka White
1991: Sleepy John Estes , Billie Holiday , Fred McDowell , Sunnyland Slim , Leonard Chess *
1992: Skip James , Big Joe Williams , Johnny Shines
1993: Mester Jack Dupri , Lowell Fulson
1994: Vinoni Harris , Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup , Gene Nobles *, John and Alan Lomax *, John R* , Bill Allen *
1995: Jimmy Rogers , Phil Chess *
1996: David "Honeyboy" Edwards , Charles Brown , Bob Koester *, Pete Welding *
1997: Brownie McGee , Coco Taylor , Bruce Iglauer *
1998: Luther Allison , Junior Wells , Lillian McMurry *, Sam Phillips *
1999: Roosevelt Sykes , Clarence Brown , Chris Strachwitz *, Lester Melrose *
2000: Stevie Ray Vaughn , Johnny Otis , Dick Waterman *
2001: Etta James , Junior Parker , Thomas Rufus , Robert Moffan Palmer *
2002: Ruth Brown , Big Macaio , Jim O'Neill *
2003: Sippy Wallace , Dinah Washington , Pinetop Perkins , Fats Domino , Ralph Bass *
2004: Blind Boy Fuller , Bo Diddley , Jay Mayo Williams *
2005: Walter Davis , Ike Turner , Henry Spare *
2006: James Cotton , Roy Milton , Roy Milton , Bobby Rush , Paul Butterfield , The Buhari Brothers *, Bobby Robinson *, Jerry Wexler *
2007: Dr. John , Guitar Slim , Sister Rosetta Tharp , Dave Bartholomew , Art Roop *, Ahmet Ertegun *
2008: Hubert Sumlin , Jimmy Witherspoon , Mississippi Sheiks , Jimmy McCracklin , Petey Wheatstraw , Johnny Watson , John Hammond *, Paul Oliver *
2009: Son Seals , Gary Davis , Taj Mahal , Irma Thomas , Clifford Anthony *, Mike Leadbitter *, Bob Porter *
2010: Bonnie Raitt , William Handy , Gus Cannon & Cannon's Jug Stompers , Amos Milburn , Lonnie Brooks , Charlie Musselwhite , Sonny Payne *, Peter Guralnick *,
2011: Alberta Hunter , J.B. Lenoir , Denise LaSalle , Big Maybell , John Hammond , Robert Cray , Vivian Carter & Jimmy Bracken *, John Wesley Work III *, Samuel Charters *, Bruce Bromberg *
2012: Alan Toussaint , Michael Bloomfield , Buddy & Ella Johnson , Fury Lewis , Frank Stokes , Matt Murphy , Lazy Lester , Billy Boy Arnold , Purvis Spann *, Horst Lipmann *, Fritz Rau *, Doc Pomus *
2013: Earl Hooker , Jody Williams , Otis Clay , Joe Louis Walker , Little Brother Montgomery , Jimmy Rogers , Cosimo Matassa *, Henry Glover *, Henry Glover *, Henry Glover *, Dave Clark *
2014: Eddie Vinson , Robert Pete Williams , Big J McNeely , R L Burnside , Eddie Shaw , Dick Schurman *, Don Robie *, Mike Kappus *
2015: Tommy Brown , Eric Clapton , Little Richard
2016: Elvin Bishop , Eddie Clearwater , Jimmie Johnson , John Mayall , The Memphis Jug Band , Tommy Coach *, Wolfe Steffenson *
2017: Johnny Copeland , Henry Gray , Willie Johnson , Latimore , Magic Slim , Mavis Staples , Amy van Singel *
2018: The Aces , Thomas Dorsey , Sam Lay , Mami Smith , Pops Staples , Al Benson
2019: Aretha Franklin , Booker T. & the MG's , Count Basie , Ida Cox , Pee Wee Creighton , Moses Ash *
2020-2021: Eddie Boyd , Billy Branch , Seal Johnson , Betty Lovett , George Smith , Victoria Spivey , Ralph Pier *
2022: Lucille Bogan , Little Willie John , Johnny Taylor , Mary Aldean *, Otis Blackwell *

- mærket "non-performers"