Bess Lomax Hawes | |
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Background information | |
Born | Austin, Texas, U.S. | January 21, 1921
Died | November 27, 2009 Portland, Oregon, U.S. | (aged 88)
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Instrument | Guitar |
Formerly of | Almanac Singers |
Bess Lomax Hawes (January 21, 1921 – November 27, 2009) was an American folk musician, folklorist, and researcher. She was the daughter of John Avery Lomax and Bess Bauman-Brown Lomax, and the sister of Alan Lomax and John Lomax Jr.