For other people named Richard Brown, see Richard Brown (disambiguation).
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| Uncle Rich Brown | |
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.jpg) John Lomax and Brown shaking hands in Sumterville, Alabama, in 1940 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Richard Brown |
| Also known as | "Uncle" |
| Born | Alabama, U.S. |
| Genres | Blues |
| Occupation | Singer |
Richard Brown, also known as Uncle Rich Brown, was an American musician and singer of spirituals and blues. He lived on one plantation near Sumterville, Alabama, all his life. John Lomax recorded him in 1937 and 1940 singing eleven songs, most of them spirituals. One of his most popular recordings was "Alabama Bound".
References
- ^ Brown, Virginia Pounds; Owens, Laurella (1981). Toting the Lead Row: Ruby Pickens Tartt, Alabama Folklorist. p. 156.
- ^ Library of Congress American Folklife Center: An Illustrated Guide. 2004. p. 13.
- Olivia Solomon; Jack Solomon (2002). Honey in the Rock: The Ruby Pickens Tartt Collection of Religious Folk Songs from Sumter County, Alabama. Mercer University Press. p. 1986. ISBN 978-0-86554-827-5.
- Walter Bruyninckx, ed. (1980). 60 years of recorded jazz 1917–1977. Vol. 2. W. Bruyninckx.
- Catherine A. Stewart (February 5, 2016). Long Past Slavery: Representing Race in the Federal Writers' Project. University of North Carolina Press. p. 99. ISBN 978-1-4696-2627-7.