Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Newly posted from the Alan Lomax Archive



A fragment of "Three Nights Drunk" sung and played by Dink Roberts. Shot by Alan Lomax and crew at Dink's home in Haw River, North Carolina, late July, 1983.



A fragment of "Roustabout" sung and played by Dink Roberts. Shot by Alan Lomax and crew at Dink's home in Haw River, North Carolina, late July, 1983.



Lonnie Rogers and his wife Vivian sing the words of "Happy Home," #343 in The Sacred Harp. Shot by Alan Lomax and crew at the Rogers' home in Ephesus, Georgia, of which Mr. Rogers was mayor at the time. Posted in memory of Lonnie Rogers, who died February 15, 2012.




Big Chief Jake Millon and the White Eagles Mardi Gras Indians rehearse "To-Way-Bac-A-Way" (two of two) at Darrell's Lounge, 7th Ward, New Orleans. Shot by Alan Lomax and crew, May 1982.

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