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'''Robert "Mack" McCormick''' (born August 3, 1930 in [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[United States]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[Musicology|musicologist]] and [[Folklore|folklorist]].
'''Robert "Mack" McCormick''' (born August 3, 1930 in [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[United States]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[Musicology|musicologist]] and [[Folklore|folklorist]].


In the late 1950s, McCormick "discovered" and recorded musicians such as [[Mance Lipscomb]], [[Robert Shaw (blues musician)|Robert Shaw]] and [[Lightnin' Hopkins]], and re-imagined the lives of dead ones, such as [[Robert Johnson]] and [[Henry Thomas (blues musician)|Henry Thomas]]. He has written numerous magazine articles and [[album]] [[liner notes]], worked for the [[Smithsonian Institution]], and assembled an extensive private archive of [[Texas]] musical history.
In the late 1950s, McCormick "discovered" and recorded musicians such as [[Mance Lipscomb]], [[Robert Shaw (blues musician)|Robert Shaw]] and [[Lightnin' Hopkins]], and re-imagined{{clarify}} the lives of dead ones, such as [[Robert Johnson]] and [[Henry Thomas (blues musician)|Henry Thomas]]. He has written numerous magazine articles and [[album]] [[liner notes]], worked for the [[Smithsonian Institution]], and assembled an extensive private archive of [[Texas]] musical history.


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Revision as of 11:57, 13 April 2014

Robert "Mack" McCormick (born August 3, 1930 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States) is an American musicologist and folklorist.

In the late 1950s, McCormick "discovered" and recorded musicians such as Mance Lipscomb, Robert Shaw and Lightnin' Hopkins, and re-imagined[clarification needed] the lives of dead ones, such as Robert Johnson and Henry Thomas. He has written numerous magazine articles and album liner notes, worked for the Smithsonian Institution, and assembled an extensive private archive of Texas musical history.

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