A couple of weeks ago we featured the massive library of field recordings by Alan Lomax. Today we want to shed light on the photos he took along his journey that really show the beauty in all people even when times were hard. Also I respect the way that Alan drew parallels between the condition of poor blacks and whites who still are fighting the same battle today against capitalism. The rich in America have always wanted to divide and conquer black against white, when in reality we’re all the same. On the real, we share the same ancestors – it’s only the racists that would want to believe otherwise. Looking at the people in Alan’s photos you can see they all found joy in their music and family! The blues and rock & roll as we know it come from pain & creativity. So without these people’s experiences, there would be no punk rock, doom or heavy metal…ask Black Sabbath what their biggest influence was, and they’ll tell you the blues of the south!
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