Mance Lipscomb pt 1

He is a songster, not a blues guitarest. Thats what he would say

He gave so much to music. My country music loving dad played his technique

This guy is great

As i research All American Blues...Whats up with all these blues songs about shooting women? In the head, no less, dang you couldnt just nick her?

The Lucinda Willimas book brought me here today. Thank you, Lucindia.

The real thing. Long live Mance!

- Deus existe.

• Rock 'n Roll •

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Had the great fortune to see this man play and sing at the Ash Grove in LA in 1965 or maybe the following year. I was still just learning to finger pick and I watched Mance's hands like a hawk the whole show.

Great technique variety

Travis picking with a thumb pick is the way brah..

Thanks, Mance

Back in 1972, Mance was playing at Tulagi's in Boulder. Somehow my friend and I were running his lights. Not much to do when you're when you are doing the lights for a bluesman. I didn't know shit about lights and I wanted to do something, so when he started playing an up-tempo "happy" blues number, I brought up the lights. Of course, he thought he was getting the signal to wrap it up. He was very offended as he should be. He got up and said "Cut me? I got my knife. I'll show you how to cut somebody." The manager of the club ran to the stage and calmed him down. I'm sure he told him the lights guy was an idiot. Thank you, Vance for your enormous talent and teaching me a little about theatrical lighting.

Amazing

I always thought this was an Elizabeth Cotton song

Met at The Freight and Salvage club in Berkeley, Ca...heard Jimmy Reed first but Mance live was ,too me, untouchable...amazing..

Brilliant. Mr. Lipscomb has more talent in his broken finger than I have in my whole self ....

I can't believe he's doing all that only with his thumb and index finger. It's amazing how sophisticated delta musicians were in spite of all the hardships and exausting day jobs that they had.

Tell you what, Ford and Chevorlet stole his song maybe kinda for their ads I bet; and paid him nothin'. Or they were too damn stupid to even know of this rock star, man,,,,,,,RoYALTY MAN!
He is Lipcomb Royalty to me, man.I coulda shoulda got rich just to pay him right as could, man oh mercy man come on now,,,
If id been alive...but i still knew harvest moon....he is the only one who sings it right but me

I met Mance Lipscomb and Lightnin' Hopkins on the same day. It was back in 1963, if memory serves. A group called "The Texian Boys" were playing a concert at the Cullen Auditorium at the University of Houston. These were mainly members of the Houston Folklore Society. The ones I can remember were John Lomax, Jr., Ed Badeaux, Howard Porper, and Ed (?) McConnell. Lightnin' and Mance were featured acts. I was supposed to bring my Martin 00-18 for Mance to play, and I was also supposed to be Lightnin's transportation to make sure he didn't drink too much to be able to play, but drank just enough that he felt like playing. Lightnin' was a rather amazing fellow. But he played everything in the key of E. Mance could play in any key without using a capo. I learned a lot about both of those men. I also worked for a while at H&H music co. in Houston. Lightnin' used to drop by there from time to time. He was a big benefactor to his less financially blessed neighbors.

I sadly had never heard of Mance Lipscomb before yesterday. So glad to to see this wonderful performance now! Thanks to Tim Lerch for speaking highly of this wonderful musician!

❤❤❤✌💙

On a calla speed

The value of recordings like this is beyond measure.

Thank you so much for posting this and Lightnin’ Hopkins too. This is a really great channel and I just subscribed !!!🙏☯️🕉🙀🐾

Oh Ella and her Mother....wasn't me...

He is phenomenal.

The man's fingers are broken and he could still play better than anyone in today's time lol

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Any guitarists out there have any idea what the tuning is?

Great stuff! The guitar playing was awesome!

Really great fingerpicking and blues. Thank you for sharing.

Iam a rap artist from Grimes county TX they have a statue of mr mance lipscomb near downtown Navasota and a moral on blues alley of all the blues artist that come from my area thanks for uploading this

An overlapping of historic, memorable human beings - In 1908 Frank Hamer become the City Marshal of Navasota, Texas, a lawless boom-town wracked by violence; "shootouts on the main street were so frequent that in two years at least a hundred men died. Hamer moved in at age 24 and enforced law and order. Mance was a boy when they crossed paths on the positive side of the law.

Bellissimo.

新しい。

at the top of my list for country blues artist

Imagine if Jimmy Page or Keith Richards were just farming and playing for their family and friends for most of their lives... wonder no more

"Everthin but lovin leaves rust on yo soul" is a deeply inspiring sentence attributed to Mance Lipscomb.
May I reach 1% of his gracious courage

I heard that someone offered to buy him a proper guitar but he insisted on playing that Stella, I think that is what it is anyway. It could be a Harmony, I guess.

Emancipation Lipscomb 👍

Born the same year as Jimmie Rodgers, he sounds like amazing like Jimmie, or is it that Jimmie sounds like Mance?

That left hand remind me of a spider dancing on hot plate

Wow..what a picker. Very fluid and melodic. I have heard the name, but never before have I heard the man. These performances are brilliant. I watched the Son House recording from the same series yesterday. Blew my damn head off! I hear a lot of Mance's licks and stylings in John Renbourn's playing straight of the bat...and the third song! Donovan anyone? "Hey Gyp" stole the whole damn thing!

First time i am hearing this guy & for me this is a DELIGHTFUL DISCOVERY .FABULOUS STUFF! i
must learn some of his songs!

wow cool