John A. Lomax

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children:	Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) Bess Lomax John A. Lomax, Jr.
married:	Ruby Terrill Lomax (from 1934-07-21 until 1948-01-26)

part of:	Blues Hall of Fame: Individuals (number: 1994) (order: 5)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/artist/468452 [info]
other databases:	https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102640 [info] https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/john_lomax [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000213262 [info] https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0003233390 [info]
Wikidata:	Q1349618 [info]
Last.fm:	https://www.last.fm/music/John Lomax [info]

Appearances

Date	Title	Credited as	Attributes	Artist	Length
	arranged
	Dink's Song			Pete Seeger	3:31
	field recordist for
1934-10	Ain't Gonna Rain No More	John A. Lomax		Eight unidentified girls	0:35
1934-10	Hopali	John A. Lomax		Eight unidentified girls	1:46
1934-12-11 – 1934-12-12	Longest Train I Ever Saw	John Lomax		Jesse Wadley with John Wadley, Will Jones and Felix Davenport	4:07
1934-12-11 – 1934-12-12	St. James Infirmary	John Lomax		Jesse Wadley	2:02
1936-04-13	You’re Gonna Need My Help			Elinor Boyer	2:06
1936-04-17	Rosie			Dobie Red & Group	2:45
1936-04-17	Stewball (1936 recording)			Dobie Red & Group	5:18
1936-05-04	I Been a Bad, Bad Girl (Prisoner Blues)			Ozella Jones	2:19
1937-07-22	Trouble So Hard			Dock Reed & Vera Ward Hall	2:20
1937-07-23	I Been Drinkin’			Vera Ward Hall	1:10
1937-07-28	Captain, I'm Getting Tired	John A. Lomax		Willie Carter, Albert Nicholson, Allen Gordon & David Alexander	1:31
1937-07-28	Carrie, Carrie	John A. Lomax		Thomas Langston, Judge Broadus, Albert Nicholson & Joe Millhouse	1:23
1937-07-28	Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-One (Ain't Working Song)	John A. Lomax		Charley Campbell	1:37
1939-04-16	Shorty George			Smith Casey	3:13
1939-05-14	Desert Blues			Hattie Ellis & “Cowboy” Jack Ramsey	2:21
1939-05-26	Job, Job			Dock Reed, Vera Ward Hall & Jesse Allison	2:09
1939-05-27	Little Bitty Man	John A. Lomax		Mary McDonald	1:08
1939-05-27	Titty, Give Me Some Titty	John A. Lomax		Mary McDonald	1:04
1940-10-19	Santa Field Blues			Willie Ford	3:21
1940-10-19	Stagolee			Lucious Curtis & Willie Ford	1:38
1940-10-30	Jack, Can I Ride	John A. Lomax		Group of unidentified children	2:00
1940-10-30	Knock John Booker (to the Low Ground) (incl. interview part at the end)	John A. Lomax		Mary McDonald	1:40
1940-10-30	Wake, Sally Baker	John A. Lomax		Joe McDonald & Mary McDonald	2:15
1940-10-31	Boll Weevil Blues	John A. Lomax		Vera Hall	1:18
1940-11-05	Kill-It-Kid Rag			Blind Willie McTell	2:50
	produced
	Early in the Morning	John A. Lomax		Hollis "Fat Head" Washington	2:26
	High Lonesome Hill	John A. Lomax		Lucious Curtis & Willie Ford	5:05
	High-Rolling Sergeant	John A. Lomax		Sam Carter, Jim Mickles, Eddie Miles & Jack Rogers	1:55
	Payday	John A. Lomax		Willie Ford & Lucious Curtis	2:38
	Red River Blues	John A. Lomax		Frank Evans	3:20
	Santa Field Blues	John A. Lomax		Willie Ford	3:48
	Train Blues	John A. Lomax		Lucious Curtis	1:47
	recording engineer for
1933-08	Pauline	John A. Lomax		Allen Prothero	3:55
1933-12	Go Down, Old Hannah	John Lomax		Ernest Williams	2:40
1933	Ain't No More Cane on This Brazos	John A. Lomax		Ernest Williams and Group	2:36
1933	Jumping Judy	John A. Lomax		Allen Prothero	2:54
1934-06-22	Big Leg Ida	John A. Lomax		Sam Ballard	3:59
1934-06-22	Catch That Train	John A. Lomax		Sam Ballard	2:05
1934-06	(Little) Liza Jane	John A. Lomax		Wilson "Stavin Chain" Jones, Octave Amos & Charles Gobert	2:27
1934-06	Good Lord	John A. Lomax		Joe "Washington" Brown, Sampson Brown & Austin Coleman	4:33
1934-06	Hallelujah (Lamb on the Altar)	John A. Lomax		Joe "Washington" Brown, Sampson Brown & Austin Coleman	1:56
1934-06	J'ai fait tout le tour du pays	John A. Lomax		Jimmy Peters and Ring Dance Singers	1:50
1934-06	Je veux me marier	John A. Lomax		Jimmy Peters and Ring Dance Singers	1:41
1934-06	Lord, Lord, Shorty	John A. Lomax		Joe "Washington" Brown, Sampson Brown & Austin Coleman	2:04
1934-06	Moi malheureux	John A. Lomax		Joe Massie	1:31
1934-06	New Calvary	John A. Lomax		Joe "Washington" Brown, Sampson Brown & Austin Coleman	1:17
1934-06	Sept ans sur mer			Elita, Mary & Ella Hoffpauir	2:51
1934-06	Si li, lé bat	John A. Lomax		Joe Massie	1:21
1934-07-01	(Goodnight) Irene	John A. Lomax		Huddie Ledbetter	4:41
1934-07-01	Blind Lemon Blues (AFS 123-A)			Lead Belly	4:05
1934-07	Julie Montgomery	John A. Lomax		Unidentified male section group	1:07
1934-08-01	Là-bas chez Moreau	John A. Lomax		Cleveland Benoit & Darby Hicks	4:25
1934-08-02	Bonsoir, petit monde	John A. Lomax		Paul Junius Malveaux & Ernest Lafitte	2:24
1934-08-02	Bye-Bye, bonsoir, mes parents	John A. Lomax		Paul Junius Malveaux & Ernest Lafitte	1:26
1934-09-27	Banty Rooster	John A. Lomax		Blind Pete & George Ryan	2:24
1934-09-27	Black Bayou	John A. Lomax		Blind Pete & George Ryan	2:44
1934-10-02	Rock Island Line			Kelly Pace	1:49
1934-10-17	Trench Blues	John A. Lomax		John Bray	3:35
1934	Jumpin' Judy	John A. Lomax		Kelly Pace and Group	5:08
1934	Long John	John A. Lomax		"Lightning" and group	5:26
1934	Look Down That Long, Lonesome Road	John A. Lomaxc		group of Negro men	1:22
1934	Run, Old Jeremiah	John A. Lomax		Joe Washington Brown and Austin Coleman	4:32
1936-04-13	Red River Blues	John A. Lomax		Frank Evans	3:20
1936-04-14	High-Rolling Sergeant	John A. Lomax		Sam Carter, Jim Mickles, Eddie Miles & Jack Rogers	1:55
1936-04-16	Lead Me to the Rock			Wash Dennis & Charlie Sims	2:44
1936-06-13	Blood-Strained Banders			Jimmie Strothers	1:23
1936-06-14	Cripple Creek	John A. Lomax		Jimmie Strothers	2:05
1936-06-14	Poontang Little, Poontang Small	John A. Lomax		Jimmie Strothers	2:31
1936	I'm Goin' to Leland	John A. Lomaxc		Frank Jordan and group	1:54
1936	Lead Me to the Rock	John A. Lomax		Wash Dennis & Charlie Sims	2:43
1936	The Blood-Stained Banders	John A. Lomax		Jimmie Strothers	1:22
1936	The New Buryin' Ground	John A. Lomax		Willie Williams and group	3:41
1937-03-08	Diamond Joe			Big Charlie Butler	2:14
1937-07-20	Billy Goat Latin	John A. Lomax		Joe F. Williams & Booker T. Williams	1:39
1937	Choose Your Seat and Set Down	John A. Lomax		Dock Reed, Henry Reed and Vera Hall	2:38
1937	Cluck Old Hen			Wade, Crockett, and Fields Ward	1:36
1937	Handwriting on the Wall	John A. Lomax		Dock Reed, Henry Reed and Vera Hall	2:25
1937	Rosie	John A. Lomax		Jeff Webb and group	2:20
1937	Trouble So Hard	John A. Lomax		Dock Reed, Henry Reed and Vera Hall	2:22
1939-04-16	East Texas Rag			Smith Casey	2:11
1939-05-24	Early in the Morning	John A. Lomax		Hollis "Fat Head" Washington	2:26
1939	John Henry	John A. Lomax		Arthur Bell	2:55
1939	Long Hot Summer Days	John A. Lomax		Clyde Hill and group	3:25
1940-10-09	Baton Rouge Rag / [interview]	John A. Lomax		Joe Harris	2:34
1940-10-19	High Lonesome Hill	John A. Lomax		Lucious Curtis & Willie Ford	5:05
1940-10-19	Payday	John A. Lomax		Willie Ford & Lucious Curtis	2:38
1940-10-19	Santa Field Blues	John A. Lomax		Willie Ford	3:48
1940-10-19	Train Blues	John A. Lomax		Lucious Curtis	1:47
1940-10-24	Pullin' the Skiff			Ora Dell Graham	1:07
1940-10-24	Shortenin' Bread			Ora Dell Graham	0:54
1940-10-31	Another Man Done Gone			Vera Hall	1:26
1941	The Buffalo Skinners	John A. Lomax		John A. Lomax	2:28
1942-05-03	Goodbye, Old Paint			Jess Morris	4:30
1942	Cattle Calls	John A. Lomax		Sloan Matthews	4:38
1942	Goodbye, Old Paint	John A. Lomax		Jess Morris	4:37
1942	Goodbye, Old Paint	John A. Lomax		Sloan Matthews	1:49
1942	The Cowboy's Life Is a Very Dreary Life	John A. Lomax		Sloan Matthews	1:56
1942	The Dreary Black Hills	John A. Lomax		Harry Stephens	3:55
1942	The Dying Cowboy	John A. Lomax		Sloan Matthews	2:37
1942	The Dying Ranger	John A. Lomax		Johnny Prude	5:24
1942	The Night Herding Song	John A. Lomax		Harry Stephens	3:55
1942	The Streets of Laredo	John A. Lomax		Johnny Prude	1:53
1942	The Texas Rangers	John A. Lomax		Sloan Matthews	2:18
	Blind Lemon Blues			Lead Belly	4:19
	Governor O.K. Allen			Lead Belly	2:45
	I'm Sorry Mama			Lead Belly	3:04
	Irene			Lead Belly	4:53
	Julie Ann Johnson			Lead Belly	2:10
	Midnight Special			Lead Belly	2:59
	Take a Whiff on Me			Lead Belly	2:09
	The Southern Soldier			Mrs. Minta Morgan	3:14
	Washington the Great			Mrs. Minta Morgan	2:01
	Western Cowboy			Lead Belly	3:40
	vocals
1940-10-09	Baton Rouge Rag / [interview]	John A. Lomax	spoken vocals	Joe Harris	2:34
1941	The Buffalo Skinners	John A. Lomax		John A. Lomax	2:28
1942	Cattle Calls	John A. Lomax	spoken vocals	Sloan Matthews	4:38
	Knock John Booker (to the Low Ground) (incl. interview part at the end)	John A. Lomax	spoken vocals	Mary McDonald	1:40
	Pullin' the Skiff		guest and other vocals	Clothesline Revival	1:51
	produced
1934 – 1940	Deep River of Song: Louisiana: Catch That Train and Testify!	John A. Lomax		Various Artists
	recording engineer for
	Gwine Dig a Hole to Put the Devil In: The Library of Congress Recordings, Volume 2			Lead Belly
	The Titanic: Library of Congress Recordings, Volume 4			Lead Belly
	vocals
1934 – 1940	Deep River of Song: Louisiana: Catch That Train and Testify!	John A. Lomax	spoken vocals	Various Artists
	arranged
	Goodnight Irene
	Mary Wore Her Red Dress
	The Bourgeois Blues
	composed
	Adios Irene
	Goodnight, Irene (Raffi adaptation)
	Oh, Bury Me Not (Introduction: A Cowboy's Prayer)
	Rounded Up in Glory
	lyrics
	Rounded Up in Glory
	published
1910	The Old Chisholm Trail (old cowboy song, aka "Ti Yi Yippee Yippee Ay")
1934	Tell Old Bill (Traditional blues ballad)
	wrote
	Another Man Done Gone
	Freedom	John Lomax Sr.
	Godnatt Irene
	Inside Looking Out

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