Jack Dappa Blues Podcast

On this episode of The African American Folklorist, I share the story of the born free, African American Traditional Music Practitioner Elijah Cox, who was a fiddler, Buffalo soldier, and recorded in 1935 at the age of 93 for the Library of Congress Elijah Cox was also interviewed and recorded for the Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938, which now lives can be found of the Library Of Congress Website.  As I share the story of Elijah, I make the case that he was and utilized the tools of the folklorist.  Written, Produced and Edited by Lamont Jack Pearley -  Credits for sound design & Music Elijah Cox - Run up on The Mountain, Slavery Days, Can’t put the saddle on the ol great mule Lamont Jack Pearley - Blues Journey  & Underground Slide Excerpts from "Fife and Drum Music of the American Revolution: Military Music in America series, vol. 1," produced by the Company of Military Collectors & Historians, Washington, D.C. with George P. Car