Alan Lomax recording in Michigan 1938: An Irishman sings 'Don't judge a man by the clothes that he wears' and 'Boring for Oil'

Image source: Michigan Radio

I'm having a brewski on a Friday evening and browsing the Library of Congress website. There's so many eye-opening old recordings that are fascinating. 

And of course I'm clicking on random Alan Lomax collections. Alan Lomax is definitely a hero of mine.

I live in Alberta where there's a lot of mixed feelings around the oil industry. So this track stood out to me: Don't judge a man by the clothes that he wears; Boring for Oil. It's worth listening to all the way through. There's tape glitches for an extra electronic element, and the oil song is obviously a dirty song that gets cut short for whatever reason.


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