Mance Lipscomb on Arhoolie F 1001

Mance Lipscomb (April 9, 1895 – January 30, 1976) was an influential blues singer and guitarist. Born Bodyglin 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). Lipscomb was the son of an ex-slave from Alabama and a half Choctaw Indian mother. Image File history File links Mance_Lipscomb. ... Image File history File links Mance_Lipscomb. ... April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ... 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... Blues music redirects here. ... A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. ... Navasota is a city located in Grimes County, Texas. ... Texas is the gayest motherfucking state out there they can suck my big black balls. ... This French poster depicting the horrific conditions on slave ships was influential in mobilizing public opinion against slavery. ... Official language(s) English Capital Montgomery Largest city Birmingham Area  Ranked 30th  - Total 52,419 sq mi (135,765 km²)  - Width 190 miles (306 km)  - Length 330 miles (531 km)  - % water 3. ... For other uses, see Choctaw (disambiguation). ...

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. He released quite a few albums of blues and folk music (most of them on Strachwitz' Arhoolie label), singing and accompanying himself on acoustic guitar. He had a fine finger-picking guitar technique, and an expressive voice well suited to his material. Chris Strachwitz is the founder and president of Arhoolie Records. ... A roots revival (folk revival) is a trend which includes young performers popularizing the traditional musical styles of their ancestors. ... Blues music redirects here. ... Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and for the common people. ... Arhoolie Records is a small record label run by Chris Strachwitz. ...

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. One of his best songs, "Sugar Babe", was the first song he learned on guitar. Lipscomb performed and recorded a brilliant country blues version of "Shine On, Harvest Moon". Eric Von Schmidt was born May 28, 1931. ... Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, author, musician and poet who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades. ...

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. His autobiography, I Say Me for a Parable: The Oral Autobiography of Mance Lipscomb, Texas Bluesman, narrated to Glen Alyn, was published posthumously. Blind Blake Blind Blake (born Arthur Blake, circa 1893, Jacksonville, Florida; died: circa 1933) was an influential blues singer and guitarist. ... Blind Willie McTell Blind Willie McTell (May 5, 1901 (Thomson, Georgia) – August 15, 1959 (Milledgeville, Georgia), probably born William Samuel McTear, was an influential American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. ...

Despite his fame in the 1960s and early 1970s he died poor in his hometown of Navasota in 1976, two years after suffering a severe stroke. The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ...

Film

• A Well Spent Life (1971). Directed by Les Blank and Skip Gerson. El Cerrito, California: Flower Films. Released on video in 1979. ISBN 0-933621-09-4.

External links

• Illustrated Mance Lipscomb discography
• http://www.famoustexans.com/Mance_Lipscomb.htm