Lipscomb, Mance, 1895-1976

LC control no.	n 92119476
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Lipscomb, Mance, 1895-1976 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated country	United States
Birth date	18950409
Death date	19760130
Place of birth	Navasota (Tex.)
Place of death	Navasota (Tex.)
Affiliation	Arhoolie Records, Inc.
Profession or occupation	Blues musicians Singers Guitarists
Found in	I say me for a parable, 1993: CIP t.p. (Mance Lipscomb) jkt. (1895-1976) LC data base, 12-15-92 (hdg.: Lipscomb, Mance, 1895- ) All music guide WWW site, July 24, 2012 (Mance Lipscomb; b. Apr. 9, 1895, Navasota, TX, d. Jan. 30, 1976, Navasota; blues singer) Grove music online, July 24, 2012 (Lipscomb, Mance; b. Apr. 9, 1895, Navasota, TX, d. Jan. 30, 1976, Navasota; American songster and guitarist) African American National Biography, accessed February 19, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Lipscomb, Mance; guitarist, popular singer; born 09 April 1895 in Navasota, Texas, United States; worked full-time as a farmer; moved to Houston and went to work for a lumber company (1956); got injured, moved back to Navasota; began playing guitar and singing at weekend country dances and picnics; researchers, Mack McCormick and Chris Strachwitz heard about him (1960) and recorded him for almost five hours in his home which formed the basis for Lipscomb's debut LP on Arhoolie Records; played at the Texas Heritage Festival in Houston, initiating a steady schedule of performances: Berkeley (1961-1963), Monterey (1963), Newport (1965), the Festival of American Folklife in Washington, D.C. (1968), Ann Arbor (1970); featured in the Les Blank film “A Well Spent Life” (1971), Philadelphia (1972); died 30 January 1976 in Navasota, Texas, United States)