Alan and his father, John, recorded and archived some incredibly important music and there's a mountain of it to pour through. If you're just getting into it, t

Alan and his father, John, recorded and archived some incredibly important music and there's a mountain of it to pour through. If you're just getting into it, the most famous is most likely the "Sourthern Journey" from 59-60 which has all types of field recordings, gospel, blues, bluegrass, folk, hollers, etc. The early Deep River of Song recordings from the 1930s are quite good as well. Lots of international music and lots of great interviews. If you like Muddy Waters, his first recordings were done by Lomax and are starkly different from his later band/electric stuff.