Monday, April 22, 2002

Mance Lipscomb

Mance Lipscomb
Navasota, Texas, United States
Blues, Folk

Mance Lipscomb (April 9, 1895 – January 30, 1976) was an American blues singer, guitarist and songster. He was born Beau De Glen Lipscomb near Navasota, Texas. As a youth he took the name Mance (short for emancipation) from a friend of his oldest brother, Charlie.


Texas Songster (1989) 1960/1964
You Got to Reap What You Sow (1993) rec.'64
Live! At the Cabale (1999) rec.'72
Live! At the Berkeley (2000) rec.'66, with Clifton Chenier and Lightning Hopkins
Texas Country Blues (2002) 1968-1973
Trouble in Mind (2002) rec.'61