04 - Let Us Not Praise Famous Men

Been All Around This World by Association for Cultural Equity

Mar 27, 2018Music

The Lomaxes are well-known for the recordings they made of artists who went on to become famous and influential figures in traditional and popular music alike: Lead Belly, Bessie Jones, Woody Guthrie, Mississippi Fred Mc...

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