Take me back & goin’ down slow

Born in April 9, Mance lived the best part of his life making a living as a farmer using someone else's land in Texas. He was recorded in the early 60s and became a stalwart of the blues revival blossoming at that time. His blues, hokum and ragtime albms Arhoolie featured himself accompanied by acoustic guitar. He used a damped monotonic bass fingerpicking guitar style , and his voice was very descriptive and appealing.

The early 60s saw several releases and apearances at major folk festival venues. He learned to fingerpick guitar when quite young and performed often for years in his own area, for partes and celebrations. He and his wife also use to arrange special Saturday Night Suppers, where he would play.

Legendary Texas blues guitar great Mance Lipscomb performs "Take Me Back" and "Goin' Down Slow." From the DVD "Mance Lipscomb in Concert.

He played mostly close to his home town of Navasota up until After he was discovered he was never lost! Back To Lesson Preview List. This song was also performed in a slower, different style by fellow Texas blues guitar player Lightnin' Hopkins. They both played the monotonic bass style of thumb strike, but their approach was a little different.

Mance's Blues Finger Picking Technique What really freaked me out about Mance's playing was the fact that he had a huge bandage wrapped around the third finger of his picking hand! It didn't seem to bother his technique much and I was full of admiration.

Texas blues guitar great Mance Lipscomb performs “Take Me Back” and “Goin' Down Slow” in Mance Lipscomb was born April 9, to an ex-slave father from.

This was the real blues played by a real blues man , and little niceties didn't really have any part to play here. During my own travels I met guitar players who were very careful about their manicures, talking about angle of attack and such stuff. I was the same in my younger days.