Mance Lipscomb~An Oral History

I'm not going to focus on trying to make this a visual experience but rather I want to share a bit of oral music history.

In the early 60's a Texas dentist and patron of the arts took his 10 year old son along "with a Realistic Cassette Recorder ...a fifth of whiskey... and some cigars... " to visit Mance Lipscomb in Navasota, TX. Sitting on the front porch you'll hear Doc Bowman prod Mance to explain Buck Dancing to his son, Jim. You'll hear Mance's oral history followed by a demonstration on the guitar, which just happens to be some of the finest fingerwork you'll hear. Grateful Dave, the originator of Lonestar Dead.. longest running Grateful Dead radio show in the world converted the original recording to digital. Thank you to a Dallas friend, Kelly Cutler, for sharing the music and history used for this video.

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Music

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• Mance
• Lipscomb
• Jim
• Bowman
• Grateful
• Dave
• music
• history

[tumblingplanet]

Alright! That is a treasure man! Was that Sam Elliot "the Cowboy" talking with Mance?

[2oobwatcher]

I agree...it IS a treasure and I was thrilled when my friend shared this recording with me. Information describing the circumstances of the recording are posted immediately to the right of the video under About This Video. Click on "more" to read the full text.

[torpedofish]

Yay!

[2oobwatcher]

lol...that's what I said when my friend sent it to me ....YAY!!!!

[oneiblind30]

That tune sounds familar.

[2oobwatcher]

maybe it's something remembered in our souls

[Sheamusj]

Kind and appreciative greetings from Canada, and thank you so much for posting this wonderful video thereby providing me with a delightful musical educational experience regarding the wonderfully amazing Mance Lipscomb!

[busessuck1]

@2oobwatcher or more likely he heard someone like Gary Davis playing buck dance stuff like that

Excellent recording thanks for making it available

[dalet63]

Sounds like bukka white to me

[JanVanGalen]

That was nice...

[myfreshhell]

I love you so much Mance RIP sweetie <3

[xxnecromanceroo]

thanks to all involved for sharing this gem!

[Melvinsvids]

Just knew I'd find something here worth my time :) Thanks Ann :) Hope all is well with you & yours.

Peace, Health & hugs

Hippy

[TXgulfcoastwarfrat]

Thank you for this recording and story! How rich we are thank you Mance and the Dr. George Bowman Family. What a blessing.

[BOWDAVIS49]

Yes! This brings back so many memories of Mance and my dad. Daddy loved Mance and we had many wonderful lessons on life from Mance. I remember the gold guitar Daddy put into Mance's false teeth, and how Mance loved to show it off.

[marybo77]

The man prodding Mance along is my father, Dr. George Bowman, a long time dentist is Camron and Temple, TX. He had taken my brother Jim to see Mance as he was interested in playing guitar at the time. Mance wanted my brother to sing along with him and my brother told him he couldn't sing. Mance told him that if he can talk, he can sing. You just open up your mouth and let the words come out he said. I can still picture my dad doing the buck dance with one of Mance's friends as Mance played.