Mance Lipscomb
Mance Lipscomb
Top Songs
| 1 | Cocaine Done Kill My Baby | ||
| 2 | Night Time Is the Right Time [Take 1; Remastered Version] | ||
| 3 | Captain, Captain [Version; Take 2; Remastered] | ||
| 4 | God Moves on the Water | ||
| 5 | One Thin Dime [Live] |
Albums
Sep 2021 • 33 songs
Sep 2021 • 2 songs
Aug 2015 • 17 songs
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Biography
Like Leadbelly and Mississippi John Hurt, the designation as strictly a blues singer dwarfs the musical breadth of Mance Lipscomb. Born on April 9, 1895 in Navasota, TX, Lipscomb was a sharecropper/tenant farmer all his life who didn't record until 1960, "songster" fits what Lipscomb did best. A proud, yet unboastful man, Lipscomb would point out that he was an educated musician, his ability to play everything from classic blues, ballads, pop songs to spirituals in a multitude of styles and keys being his particular mark of originality. He appeared at numerous blues and folk f...