The exchange is quoted in Joe Carducci's "Rock and the Pop Narcotic," and "Library of Congress/Melodeon," is credited as the copyright holder - the interviewer was John Lomax, btw. I'm 99% sure this is on McTell's "Complete Library of Congress Recordings" CD. At 10:44 PM 7/26/2002 -0400, Lang Thompson wrote:
On the radio this afternoon I heard a jaw-dropping archival bit where a white interviewer keeps pestering, in a condenscending way, McTell to play some "complaining songs" though McTell insists he doesn't know any. The interviewer tosses out an example that includes the n-word (twice) while McTell keeps saying things in the South are bad for all people.
Anybody know the source of this exchange? The DJ barely mentioned the song titles.
Thanks, Lang
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