Henry Saint Clair Fredericks (Taj Mahal) Quotes

I was always looking for evidence of these common musical roots, but I was too young to know that what I was doing was called ethnomusicology.

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• I was always looking for evidence of these common musical roots, but I was too young to know that what I was doing was called ethnomusicology.

  

  Henry Saint Clair Fredericks
  • Doing
  • Looking
  • Roots