Re: [ARSCLIST] Jack Johnson

[kyle barnett <ksbarnett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Neal,

There's a musical short of Jack Johnson's Jazz Band (yes, the same
Jack Johnson) that features him speaking briefly at the beginning of
the footage (if memory serves).  I saw the clip on a videotape
released by Yazoo (the roots music reissue label) in 1992 called
_Times Ain't Like They Used to Be: Early Rural and Popular American
Music_.  It might be worth checking out.

Johnson's career has some strange permutations.  There's a poster of
a boxing match between him and Dadaist Arthur Cravan (!!!) in Robert
Motherwell's _The Dada Painters and Poets: An Anthology_ (Belknap
Press, Harvard UP).

Hope this helps.

Best,
Kyle Barnett
Ph.D. candidate
Dept. of Radio-Television-Film
College of Communication
The University of Texas at Austin

> >  I am looking for any voice recordings of former heavyweight champion Jack
> >  Johnson. Johnson was champion from 1908 to 1915. He lived to the mid
> 1940s.
> >  Any suggestions or known recordings would be appreciated.
>  >
>  > Neal Lavon
>  > Voice of America
>  > Washington, D.C. 20237
>  > 202-619-0112