[Dixielandjazz] Alan Lomax RIP

John Farrell stridepiano@tesco.net
Sat, 20 Jul 2002 14:23:12 +0100


Some listmates might be interested in the following item which was posted on
another internet group to which I belong :

ALAN LOMAX 1915 - 2002
| FOLK MUSIC'S FOREMOST PIONEER & ETHNOMUSICOLOGIST DIES
| Alan Lomax passed away on the morning of July 19, 2002. Alan Lomax is
| survived by his loving daughter Anna Lomax Chairetakis of Holiday, FL; his
| devoted grandson Odysseus Desmond Chairetakis of Holiday, FL; his sister
| Bess Lomax Hawes of Northridge, CA; his step-daughter Shelley Roitman of
| Holiday, FL; his nephews; John Lomax III, Nicolas Hawes, John Bishop, Drew
| Mihalik, and his nieces; Ellen Harold, Patricia Gordon, Susan Mihalik,
Naomi
| Bishop and Corey Dinos.
| Funeral Services for Alan Lomax
| Vinson Funeral Home
| 456 East Tarpon Avenue
| Tarpon Springs, FL 34689
| Services on Tuesday July 23, 2002
| Viewing from 3-5PM, Funeral Service 5-6PM
| In lieu of flowers the family has asked that donations be made to:
| The Blues Music Foundation for the Willie Moore Fund
| c/o Experience Music Project
| 2901 3rd Ave
| Seattle, WA 98121
| http://www.alan-lomax.com
| For more information, contact:
| Jeff Walker - jeffw@rounder.com <mailto:jeffw@rounder.com> , or Ryan
McMaken
| - ryanm@rounder.com <mailto:ryanm@rounder.com>

John Farrell
stridepiano@tesco.net
http://homepages.tesco.net/~stridepiano/midifiles.htm