SA4: What Is American Music?
Ian Nagoski Interviews Dick Spottswood
“…there’s exciting music to be found in obscure places, and those are the discoveries I still live for.”
Early Encounters with Jazz & Blues Record Collecting and Reissues:
“…all the little intricacies that apply to any form of collecting…”
Making Records:
“He was as good as anyone else, and no one’s ever heard of him.”
Scholarly Pursuits:
“…finding ways to find out things that I didn’t know.”
Back to the Record Business:
“What, are you trying to win a bet or something?”
Radio, Place, and Bluegrass:
“We all just grabbed onto hillbilly music like it was a life raft.”
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