Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Everythings Bigger In Texas



Mance Lipscomb, the Texas sharecropper bluesman, was born to an ex slave father and a half native american mother. He never really gained much fame untill the huge folk blues revival of the 1960's. He was dubbed a songster writing songs as if they were story's. Not alot is known about Lipscomb only the recordings that hes left for us to enjoy. Here's a great example of his songwriting and picking style.

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