Rich Brown (blues musician)
Appearance
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Uncle Rich Brown | |
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![]() John Lomax and Brown shaking hands in Sumterville, Alabama, in 1940 | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Richard Brown |
Also known as | "Uncle" |
Born | Alabama, U.S. |
Genres | Blues |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Richard Brown, also known as Uncle Rich Brown, was an American musician and singer of spirituals[1][2] and blues. He lived on one plantation near Sumterville, Alabama, all his life.[1] John Lomax recorded him in 1937 and 1940 singing eleven songs,[2] most of them spirituals.[1] One of his most popular recordings was "Alabama Bound".
References
[edit]- Olivia Solomon; Jack Solomon (2002). Honey in the Rock: The Ruby Pickens Tartt Collection of Religious Folk Songs from Sumter County, Alabama. Mercer University Press. p. 1986. ISBN 978-0-86554-827-5.
- Walter Bruyninckx, ed. (1980). 60 years of recorded jazz 1917–1977. Vol. 2. W. Bruyninckx.
- Catherine A. Stewart (February 5, 2016). Long Past Slavery: Representing Race in the Federal Writers' Project. University of North Carolina Press. p. 99. ISBN 978-1-4696-2627-7.