At some point in 1938, while employed by the Library of Congress Archive of American Folk Song to record and preserve regional American music being put at risk by popular music like jazz, music archivist Alan Lomax found himself at a Washington, DC club by the name of the Jungle Inn, one of the few […]
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Jelly Roll Morton and the gritty origins of jazz
Posted in Art and Culture, History, Uncategorized Also tagged Alan Lomax, brothels, Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe, folk, Jazz, Jelly Roll Blues, Jungle Inn, Library of Congress Archive of American Folk Song, murder, New Orleans, nothing new under the sun, oral history, pre-war jazz and blues, rap, sex, Storyville, The Murder Ballad 11 Comments
R. Crumb on the death of authentic American music
While I have friends who play in bands, and, on occasion, even make music myself, I rarely, if ever, listen to anything recorded after the start of World War II. Yes, every once in a while I pull out a record by the Ramones, Television or the Velvet Underground, but, for the most part, I […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Uncategorized Also tagged 78 rpm records, authenticity, Benny Goodman, Charley Patton, Christmas gifts, comics, comix, commercialization, country music, Dock Boggs, Duke Ellington, jazz blues, John Olson, music, music history, New Year's Eve, noise, pre-war jazz and blues, R Crumb, Radio Dismuke, sophistication, underground comics, Wolf Eyes 20 Comments