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Title: Mississippi Fred McDowell - I Do Not Play No Rock 'N' Roll
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1969, Blues, North Mississippi Hill Country Blues, Como, Mississippi 6/26
Matrix #: SM-409
Condition: VG+, sounds good, looks good, a few very light marks (CC) | Members: Fred M (04' - 72')
Cultural Facts:

1. Personal Struggle: McDowell spent much of his life doing farm labor and odd jobs before the folk revival found him, carrying real rural work history into late-career recording rooms.
2. Scene Ecology: Alan Lomax recorded him in 1959, helping move a local Mississippi player into the national blues circuit without sanding off his regional identity.
3. Media Narrative: The title pushed back at rock audiences borrowing from blues while McDowell insisted he was not chasing the new market.

6/11/2026 CC