If you're a fan of Mance Lipscomb's music, you might enjoy my just-posted 3500-word article conveying the backstory of his 1960 debut album on Arhoolie, Texas Sharecropper and Songster:
https://jasobrecht.substack.com/p/mance-lipscomb-texas-sharecropper
An earlier version appeared in Living Blues #282.
Many thanks to the members of this community who've posted their insights into Mance's guitar tunings -- your work has been an invaluable help!
https://jasobrecht.substack.com/p/mance-lipscomb-texas-sharecropper
An earlier version appeared in Living Blues #282.
Many thanks to the members of this community who've posted their insights into Mance's guitar tunings -- your work has been an invaluable help!