Mance Lipscomb

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Freddie 00:00 Tools
Texas Blues 00:00 Tools
Sugar Babe 00:00 Tools
Ella Speed 00:00 Tools
Joe Turner Killed a Man 00:00 Tools
Ain't You Sorry 00:00 Tools
Corrine, Corrina 00:00 Tools
I Want to Do Something for You 00:00 Tools
Keep On Truckin' Mama 00:00 Tools
Evil Blues 00:00 Tools
Louise 00:00 Tools
Mother Had A Sick Child 00:00 Tools
Haunted House Blues 00:00 Tools
When Death Comes Creeping In Your Room (Run, Sinner, Run) 00:00 Tools
Captain, Captain 00:00 Tools
Tom Moore's Farm 00:00 Tools
Wonder Where My Easy Rider Gone 00:00 Tools
Ain't It Hard 00:00 Tools
Baby Don't You Lay It On Me 00:00 Tools
So Different Blues 00:00 Tools
Willie Poor Boy 00:00 Tools
Baby Please Don't Go 00:00 Tools
When Death Comes Creeping in Your Room 00:00 Tools
Alabama Jubilee 00:00 Tools
'Bout a Spoonful 00:00 Tools
Going Down Slow 00:00 Tools
Alabama Bound 00:00 Tools
Rag in G 00:00 Tools
Mama Don't Allow 00:00 Tools
One Thin Dime 00:00 Tools
Jack o' Diamonds 00:00 Tools
Big Boss Man 00:00 Tools
A Rag 00:00 Tools
Motherless Children 00:00 Tools
Long Way From Tipperari 00:00 Tools
Blues in G 00:00 Tools
Long Tall Girl Got Stuck on Me 00:00 Tools
Tell Me Where You Stayed Last Night 00:00 Tools
Farewell 00:00 Tools
Johnny Take A One On Me & Buck Dance 00:00 Tools
Mr Tom 00:00 Tools
Shake, Shake, Mama 00:00 Tools
Charlie James 00:00 Tools
Casey Jones - Previously Unreleased 00:00 Tools
Nobody's Fault But Mine 00:00 Tools
Mama, Don't Dog Me 00:00 Tools
Take Me Back Babe 00:00 Tools
You Gonna Quit Me 00:00 Tools
Knocking Down Windows 00:00 Tools
Night Time Is The Right Time 00:00 Tools
Angel Child 00:00 Tools
Cocaine Done Kill My Baby - Previously Unreleased 00:00 Tools
Cocaine done killed my baby 00:00 Tools
Shake, Shake Mama 00:00 Tools
The Titanic 00:00 Tools
You Got To Reap What You Sow 00:00 Tools
The Sinking of the Titanic 00:00 Tools
Mance's Blues 00:00 Tools
Blues in the Bottle 00:00 Tools
Baby, Don't Lay It on Me 00:00 Tools
Captain, Captain! 00:00 Tools
Run, Sinner, Run 00:00 Tools
Black Gal (Previously Unreleased) 00:00 Tools
Captain, Captain - Remastered Version Take 2 00:00 Tools
Shine On Harvest Moon (Previously Unreleased) 00:00 Tools
God Moves on the Water 00:00 Tools
Shine On Harvest Moon 00:00 Tools
Come Back Baby 00:00 Tools
Shine On Harvest Moon - Previously Unreleased 00:00 Tools
Hattie Green 00:00 Tools
Mama, Let Me Lay It On You 00:00 Tools
Careless Love - Remastered Version Take 2 00:00 Tools
Cocaine Done Kill My Baby 00:00 Tools
If I Miss The Train 00:00 Tools
Long Way To Tipperary 00:00 Tools
Bumble Bee 00:00 Tools
Bumble Bee Blues (Previously Unreleased) 00:00 Tools
Black Gal 00:00 Tools
Tom Moore Blues 00:00 Tools
Hey Lawdy Mama (Previously Unreleased) 00:00 Tools
Whiskey Blues 00:00 Tools
Spanish Flang Dang 00:00 Tools
Easy Rider Blues 00:00 Tools
Silver City 00:00 Tools
Captain, Captain - Remastered Version Take 2 00:00 Tools
You Gonna Look Like A Monkey - Previously Unreleased 00:00 Tools
Alabama Bound - Remastered Version Take 2 00:00 Tools
Does She Ever Think of Me 00:00 Tools
Rock Me Mama 00:00 Tools
I Just Hang Down My Head and I Cry 00:00 Tools
Sugar Babe (It's All Over Now) 00:00 Tools
Police Station Blues 00:00 Tools
Jack O'Diamonds 00:00 Tools
Shake Shake Mama 00:00 Tools
Hattie Green - Previously Unreleased 00:00 Tools
Goin' Up North To See My Pony Run 00:00 Tools
Boogie in A 00:00 Tools
Run Sinner, Run 00:00 Tools
Careless Love - Remastered Version Take 2 00:00 Tools
Tall Angel At The BAr 00:00 Tools
Heel And Toe Polka 00:00 Tools
Bumble Bee Blues - Previously Unreleased 00:00 Tools
Take Me Back 00:00 Tools
black rat 00:00 Tools
Hey Lawdy Mama - Previously Unreleased 00:00 Tools
Lord Thomas 00:00 Tools
Missouri Waltz 00:00 Tools
Farewell Blues 00:00 Tools
You Gonna Look Like a Monkey (Previously Unreleased) 00:00 Tools
Oh, Baby! (You Don't Have to Go) 00:00 Tools
Frankie And Albert 00:00 Tools
Santa Fe Blues 00:00 Tools
Take Me Back, Babe 00:00 Tools
Trouble In Mind 00:00 Tools
Rocks And Gravel Makes A Solid Road - Remastered Version Take 6 00:00 Tools
Alabama Bound - Remastered Version Take 2 00:00 Tools
Cocaine Done Kill My Baby (Previously Unreleased) 00:00 Tools
Buck Dance (Remastered Version) (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Which-A-Way Do Red River Run (Take 2) 00:00 Tools
Key To The Highway 00:00 Tools
Night Time Is The Right Time - Remastered Version Take 1 00:00 Tools
I Looked Down The Road And I Wondered 00:00 Tools
Keep on Truckin' 00:00 Tools
Going Back To Georgia 00:00 Tools
Rag in F 00:00 Tools
Frankie Was A Good Woman - Previously Unreleased 00:00 Tools
You Rascal You 00:00 Tools
Black Gal - Previously Unreleased 00:00 Tools
Buck Dance - Remastered Version Instrumental 00:00 Tools
Frankie Was A Good Woman (Previously Unreleased) 00:00 Tools
Is You Gonna Quit Me Baby - Previously Unreleased 00:00 Tools
Foggy Bottom Blues 00:00 Tools
Sentimental Blues 00:00 Tools
Night Time Is The Right Time (Take 1) 00:00 Tools
Hattie Green (Previously Unreleased) 00:00 Tools
Motherless Children (Remastered Version) (Take 2) 00:00 Tools
Bumble Bee Blues 00:00 Tools
Me And My Baby 00:00 Tools
After Hours (Previously Unreleased) (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
When Death Come Creeping In Your Room (Run, Sinner, Run) (Remastered Version) (Take 1) 00:00 Tools
Angel Child - Previously Unreleased 00:00 Tools
Motherless Children - Remastered Version Take 2 00:00 Tools
Sometimes I Feel Like 00:00 Tools
Mance's Talking Blues 00:00 Tools
Why Did You Leave Me? 00:00 Tools
Shorty George 00:00 Tools
Mr. Tom's Rag 00:00 Tools
Buck Dance - Remastered Version Instrumental 00:00 Tools
Johnny Take A One On Me - Remastered Version Take 2 00:00 Tools
Ballad Of The Boll Weevil (Take 10) 00:00 Tools
Which-A-Way Do Red River Run - Remastered Version Take 2 00:00 Tools
Boggie in 'A' - Previously Unreleased Instrumental 00:00 Tools
Mr. Tom 00:00 Tools
Ballad Of The Boll Weevil - Remastered Version Take 10 00:00 Tools
Trouble In Mind - Remastered Version Take 1 00:00 Tools
Angel Child (Previously Unreleased) 00:00 Tools
Careless Love 00:00 Tools
Rocks And Gravel Makes A Solid Road - Remastered Version Take 6 00:00 Tools
Meet Me in the Bottom 00:00 Tools
Night Time Is The Right Time - Remastered Version Take 1 00:00 Tools
Johnny Take A One On Me - Remastered Version Take 2 00:00 Tools
Casey Jones (Previously Unreleased) 00:00 Tools
rag in a 00:00 Tools
Segregation Done Past 00:00 Tools
Ballad Of The Boll Weevil - Remastered Version Take 10 00:00 Tools
When the Saints Go Marching In 00:00 Tools
After Hours - Previously Unreleased Instrumental 00:00 Tools
Knockin' Down Windows 00:00 Tools
Boggie In 'A' (Previously Unreleased) (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
When Death Come Creeping in Your Room (Run, Sinner, Run) - Take 1; Remastered Version 00:00 Tools
Motherless Children - Remastered Version Take 2 00:00 Tools
Is You Gonna Quit Me Baby (Previously Unreleased) 00:00 Tools
Buck Dance 00:00 Tools
You Gonna Miss Me 00:00 Tools
‘bout A Spoonful 00:00 Tools
Is You Gonna Quit Me Baby 00:00 Tools
Nobody Cares For Me 00:00 Tools
Boggie in 'A' - Previously Unreleased Instrumental 00:00 Tools
Sentimental Piece In G 00:00 Tools
Which-A-Way Do Red River Run - Remastered Version Take 2 00:00 Tools
Boogie In "A" 00:00 Tools
Casey Jones 00:00 Tools
Mean Boss Man 00:00 Tools
Johnny Take A One On Me (Remastered Version) (Take 2) 00:00 Tools
Rocks And Gravel makes A Solid Road (Remastered Version) (Take 6) 00:00 Tools
Hey Lawdy Mama 00:00 Tools
You Gonna Look Like a Monkey 00:00 Tools
Tom Moore's Farm (Take 2) 00:00 Tools
It Ain't Gonna Rain No More 00:00 Tools
Bout A Spoonful 00:00 Tools
Frankie Was a Good Woman 00:00 Tools
Late Night Blues & Boogie Woogie 00:00 Tools
I Wonder Why 00:00 Tools
Tra-La-Ra-La Doodle All Day 00:00 Tools
Captain, Captain (Remastered Version) (Take 2) 00:00 Tools
After Hours - Previously Unreleased Instrumental 00:00 Tools
Careless Love (Remastered Version) (Take 2) 00:00 Tools
Good As I Am To You 00:00 Tools
I Ain't Got Nobody 00:00 Tools
See You Mama Every Night 00:00 Tools
Alabama Bound (Remastered Version) (Take 2) 00:00 Tools
Trouble In Mind (Remastered Version) [Take 1] 00:00 Tools
Shorty George Cut Down 00:00 Tools
Wonder Where My Easy Rider Done Gone 00:00 Tools
Trouble In Mind (Remastered Version) (Take 1) 00:00 Tools
Stop Time 00:00 Tools
Mance'S Short Haired Woman 00:00 Tools
rocks and gravel make a solid road 00:00 Tools
Jack of Spades 00:00 Tools
Mr. Tom's Rag (Guitar Solo) 00:00 Tools
Downtown Blues 00:00 Tools
Corrina, Corrina 00:00 Tools
Careless Love (Remastered Version) (Take 2) 00:00 Tools
Rag in "A" 00:00 Tools
Rock Me All Night Long 00:00 Tools
Ain't Gonna Rain No More 00:00 Tools
The Sinking of the Titanic (God Moves On the Water) 00:00 Tools
Careless Love (Take 2) 00:00 Tools
Late Hours Blues 00:00 Tools
You Gonna Quit Me Baby 00:00 Tools
Night Time 00:00 Tools
Captain, Captain (Remastered Version) (Take 2) 00:00 Tools
Going to Louisiana (See See Rider) 00:00 Tools
Ballad Of the Boll Weevil 00:00 Tools
Alabama Bound (Remastered Version) (Take 2) 00:00 Tools
Take Your Arms from Around My Neck, Sugar Babe 00:00 Tools
God Moves On The Water (The Sinking of the Titanic) 00:00 Tools
Captain, Captain (Take 2) 00:00 Tools
Buck Dance (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Early Days Back Home 00:00 Tools
Get Away Blues 00:00 Tools
Rocks And Gravel makes A Solid Road (Take 6) 00:00 Tools
Trouble In Mind (Remastered Version) (Take 1) 00:00 Tools
Spanish Flangdang 00:00 Tools
Motherless Children (Take 2) 00:00 Tools
Goin' Down Slow - Version No. 1 00:00 Tools
Jack 'O Diamonds Is a Hard Card to Play 00:00 Tools
Alabama Bound (Take 2) 00:00 Tools
Buck Dance (Remastered Version) (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Evil Heart Blues 00:00 Tools
Trouble In Mind (Take 1) 00:00 Tools
NightTime Is The Right Time 00:00 Tools
Tom Moore's Farm - Take 2 00:00 Tools
After Hours 00:00 Tools
Johnnie Take On On Me 00:00 Tools
Rocks and Gravel Makes a Solid Road 00:00 Tools
Corrina Corrina 00:00 Tools
Baby, Don't You Lay It on Me 00:00 Tools
Key To The Highway-Mance Lipscomb 00:00 Tools
Which-A-Way Do Red River Run 00:00 Tools
Sentimental Piece in "G" (Guitar Solo) 00:00 Tools
Johnny Take A One On Me (Take 2) 00:00 Tools
James, Charlie 00:00 Tools
Goin' Down Slow - Version No. 2 00:00 Tools
Johnny Take a One on Me 00:00 Tools
God Moves on the Water (The Sinking of the Titantic) 00:00 Tools
After Hours (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
When Death Come Creeping In Your Room (Run, Sinner, Run) (Take 1) 00:00 Tools
Careless Love (Remastered Version) [Take 2] 00:00 Tools
You Ain't Gonna Quit Me 00:00 Tools
When Death Come Creeping in Your Room (Run, Sinner, Run) [Take 1] 00:00 Tools
Motherless Children (LIVE) 00:00 Tools
Ballad of the Boll Weevil (Remastered Version) [Take 10] 00:00 Tools
After Hours (Instrumental) (Previously Unreleased) 00:00 Tools
Boogie In 'A' (Previously Unreleased) 00:00 Tools
When Death Come Creeping In Your Romm (Take 1) 00:00 Tools
Rock Me, Mama 00:00 Tools
tom moore's farm take 2 00:00 Tools
Take Me Back, Babe (Live) 00:00 Tools
Nobody's Fault But Mine (Live) 00:00 Tools
Raging 00:00 Tools
Alcohol Blues 00:00 Tools
Getaway Blues 00:00 Tools
Night Time Is the Right Time (Remastered Version) [Take 1] 00:00 Tools
Trobule in Mind 00:00 Tools
Which A Way Do Red River Run 00:00 Tools
Rag in G (Live) 00:00 Tools
Boggie in 'A' 00:00 Tools
Mance's Short-haired Woman 00:00 Tools
When Death Come Creeping In Your Room (Run, Sinner, Run) [Remastered Version] {Take 1} 00:00 Tools
See See Rider 00:00 Tools
Song Introduction 00:00 Tools
Johny Take A One On Me 00:00 Tools
Captain, Captain (Remastered Version) [Take 2] 00:00 Tools
Boggie In 'A' (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Alabama Bound (Remastered Version) [Take 2] 00:00 Tools
Big Boss Man (Live) 00:00 Tools
Darktown Strutters' Ball 00:00 Tools
Tell Me Where You Stayed Last Night (Live) 00:00 Tools
Out and Down 00:00 Tools
Corrine Corrina 00:00 Tools
Captain, Captain - Version; Take 2; Remastered 00:00 Tools
Which-A-Way Do Red River Run? (Remastered Version) [Take 2] 00:00 Tools
Ballad Of The Boll Weevill 00:00 Tools
Tuning / Song Introduction 00:00 Tools
Blues In G (Live) (2) 00:00 Tools
Rag In 'A' 00:00 Tools
Rocks and Gravel Makes a Solid Road (Remastered Version) [Take 6] 00:00 Tools
Mama, Don't Dog Me (Live) 00:00 Tools
Knocking Down Windows (Live) 00:00 Tools
Buck Dance (Remastered Version) [Instrumental] 00:00 Tools
Johnny Take a One On Me (Remastered Version) [Take 2] 00:00 Tools
Careless Love - Version; Take 2; Remastered 00:00 Tools
After Hours - Instrumental 00:00 Tools
Alabama Bound ( Remastered Version Take 2) 00:00 Tools
Shine On Harvest Moon ( Previously Unreleased) 00:00 Tools
Alabama Jubilee (Live) 00:00 Tools
When Death Come Creeping In Your Room (Run, Sinner, Run) 00:00 Tools
Sentimental Piece In 'G' 00:00 Tools
Motherless Children (Remastered Version) [Take 2] 00:00 Tools
Texas Blues (Live) 00:00 Tools
08. Mance Lipscomb - Johnny Take A One On Me (Take 2) 00:00 Tools
Oh, Baby! 00:00 Tools
Willie Poor Boy (Live) 00:00 Tools
All Night Long 00:00 Tools
03. Mance Lipscomb - When Death Come Creeping In Your Romm (Take 1) 00:00 Tools
06. Mance Lipscomb - Night Time Is The Right Time (Take 1) 00:00 Tools
04. Mance Lipscomb - Alabama Bound (Take 2) 00:00 Tools
Rocks and Gravel Makes a Solid Road - Take 6; Remastered Version 00:00 Tools
07. Mance Lipscomb - Rocks And Gravel Makes A Solid Road (Take 6) 00:00 Tools
10. Mance Lipscomb - Which-A-Way Do Red River Run (Take 2) 00:00 Tools
See See Rider (Live) 00:00 Tools
Baby Please Don't Go (Live) 00:00 Tools
Shake, Shake Mama (Cherry Ball) 00:00 Tools
Sante Fe Blues 00:00 Tools
Back Water Blues 00:00 Tools
You Gonna Quit Me, Baby (Live) (1) 00:00 Tools
Keep On Truckin', Key To The Highway (Live) 00:00 Tools
05. Mance Lipscomb - Buck Dance (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Night Time Is the Right Time - Take 1; Remastered Version 00:00 Tools
Mama Dont Allow 00:00 Tools
02. Mance Lipscomb - Careless Love (Take 2) 00:00 Tools
Titanic 00:00 Tools
09. Mance Lipscomb - Motherless Children (Take 2) 00:00 Tools
01. Mance Lipscomb - Captain, Captain (Take 2) 00:00 Tools
12. Mance Lipscomb - Ballad Of The Boll Weevil (Take 10) 00:00 Tools
11. Mance Lipscomb - Trouble In Mind (Take 1) 00:00 Tools
Boogie in 'A' (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
13. Mance Lipscomb - Boogie In 'a' (Previously Unreleased) 00:00 Tools
When Death Come Creeping in Your Room (Run, Sinner Run) 00:00 Tools
When The Saints Go Marchin' In (Live) 00:00 Tools
Jack O' Diamonds Is A Hard Card To Play 00:00 Tools
Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo 00:00 Tools
Going to Louisiana 00:00 Tools
Me & My Baby 00:00 Tools
All Night Long (Live) 00:00 Tools
Sentimental Piece In "G" 00:00 Tools
True Religion 00:00 Tools
Rock Me Baby 00:00 Tools
Done Had My Fun 00:00 Tools
Rag in 'G' 00:00 Tools
Rock Me Baby (Live) 00:00 Tools
Which-a-Way Do the Red River Run 00:00 Tools
God Moves on the Water (The Titanic) 00:00 Tools
Johnnie Take a One on Me 00:00 Tools
21. Mance Lipscomb - You Gonna Look Like A Monkey (Previously Unreleased) 00:00 Tools
Run Sinner Run 00:00 Tools
14. Mance Lipscomb - Hattie Green (Previously Unreleased) 00:00 Tools
Done Had My Fun (Live) 00:00 Tools
God Moves On The Water (The Sink Of The Titanic) 00:00 Tools
17. Mance Lipscomb - Cocaine Done Kill My Baby (Previously Unreleased) 00:00 Tools
I Ain't Got Nobody (Live) 00:00 Tools
Take It Back 00:00 Tools
Mama Let Me Lay It on You 00:00 Tools
01. Captain, Captain! 00:00 Tools
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Mance Lipscomb (April 9, 1895 – January 30, 1976) was an American blues singer, guitarist and songster. Born Beau De Glen Lipscomb near Navasota, Texas, United States, he as a youth took the name of 'Mance' from a friend of his oldest brother Charlie ("Mance" being short for emancipation). Lipscomb was born April 9, 1895 to an ex-slave father from Alabama and a half Native American (Choctaw) mother. Lipscomb spent most of his life working as a tenant farmer in Texas and was "discovered" and recorded by Mack McCormick and Chris Strachwitz in 1960 during the country blues revival. He released many albums of blues, ragtime, Tin Pan Alley and folk music (most of them on Strachwitz' Arhoolie label), singing and accompanying himself on acoustic guitar. He had a "dead-thumb" finger-picking guitar technique, and an expressive voice. Lipscomb often honed his skills by playing in nearby Brenham, Texas, with a blind musician, Sam Rogers. His debut release was Texas Songster (1960). Lipscomb performed old songs like "Sugar Babe," the first song he ever learned, to pop numbers like "Shine On, Harvest Moon" and "It's a Long Way to Tipperary".[4] Trouble in Mind was recorded in 1961, and released on a major label, Reprise. In May 1963, Lipscomb appeared at the first Monterey Folk Festival in California. Unlike many of his contemporaries, he did not record in the early blues era, but his life is well documented thanks to his autobiography, I Say Me for a Parable: The Oral Autobiography of Mance Lipscomb, Texas Bluesman, narrated to Glen Alyn, which was published posthumously, and also a short 1971 documentary by Les Blank, A Well Spent Life. He began playing guitar early on and played regularly for years at local gatherings, mostly what he called "Saturday Night Suppers" hosted by someone in the area. These gatherings were hosted regularly for a while by himself and his wife. The majority of his musical activity took place within what he called his "precinct", meaning the local area around Navasota, until around 1960. Following his "discovery" by McCormick and Strachwitz, Lipscomb became an important figure in the folk music revival of the 1960s. He was a regular performer at folk festivals and folk-blues clubs around the United States, notably the Ash Grove in Los Angeles, CA. He died in his hometown of Navasota in 1976, two years after suffering a stroke. A Well Spent Life (1971). Documentary directed by Les Blank and Skip Gerson. El Cerrito, California: Flower Films. Released on video in 1979. ISBN 0-933621-09-4. He also appeared in Blank's The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins (1970) An annual Navasota Blues Festival is held in his honor, and on August 12, 2011, a bronze sculpture of him was unveiled in Mance Lipscomb Park in Navasota. The statue was sculpted by artist Sid Henderson of California and weighs almost 300 pounds. It portrays Lipscomb playing his guitar whilst seated on a bench, with room for fans to sit beside him and play their own guitars "with" him. Mance Lipscomb (1895-1976), guitarist and songster, was born to Charles and Jane Lipscomb on April 9, 1895, in the Brazos bottoms near Navasota, Texas, where he lived most of his life as a tenant farmer. Lipscomb represented one of the last remnants of the nineteenth-century songster tradition, which predated the development of the blues. Though songsters might incorporate blues into their repertoires, as did Lipscomb, they performed a wide variety of material in diverse styles, much of it common to both black and white traditions in the South, including ballads, rags, dance pieces (breakdowns, waltzes, one and two steps, slow drags, reels, ballin' the jack, the buzzard lope, hop scop, buck and wing, heel and toe polka), and popular, sacred, and secular songs. Lipscomb himself insisted that he was a songster, not a guitarist or "blues singer," since he played "all kinds of music." His eclectic repertoire has been reported to have contained 350 pieces spanning two centuries. (He likewise took exception when he was labeled a "sharecropper" instead of a "farmer." Between 1905 and 1956 he lived in an atmosphere of exploitation, farming as a tenant for a number of landlords in and around Grimes County, including the notorious Tom Moore, subject of a local topical ballad. He left Moore's employ abruptly and went into hiding after he struck a foreman for abusing his mother and wife. Lipscomb's own rendition of "Tom Moore's Farm" was taped at his first session in 1960 but released anonymously (Arhoolie LP 1017, Texas Blues, Volume 2), presumably to protect the singer. Between 1956 and 1958 Lipscomb lived in Houston, working for a lumber company during the day and playing at night in bars where he vied for audiences with Texas blues great Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins,qv whom Lipscomb had first met in Galveston in 1938. With compensation from an on-the-job accident, he returned to Navasota and was finally able to buy some land and build a house of his own. He was working as foreman of a highway-mowing crew in Grimes County when blues researchers Chris Strachwitz of Arhoolie Records and Mack McCormick of Houston found and recorded him in 1960. Arhoolie Records (El Cerrito, California) has released seven albums of material by Lipscomb: Mance Lipscomb: Texas Songster and Sharecropper (Arhoolie 1001); Mance Lipscomb Volume 2 (Arhoolie 1023); Mance Lipscomb Volume 3: Texas Songster in a Live Performance (Arhoolie 1026); Mance Lipscomb Volumes 4, 5, and 6 (Arhoolie 1033, 1049, and 1069); and You'll Never Find Another Man Like Mance (Arhoolie 1077). Trouble in Mind was released by Reprise (R-2012). Individual pieces are included in other anthologies. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.