The record collector and expert on American roots music, Joe Bussard, passed away on Monday. Through Bussard’s daughter Susannah Anderson, Dust-to-Digital founder Lance Ledbetter was able to inform NPR about her father’s passing.
For almost three years, Bussard had been battling pancreatic cancer. He was 86.
Bussard was born in Frederick, Maryland, on July 11, 1936. His lifelong concern has been preservation.
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For almost three years, Bussard had been battling pancreatic cancer. He was 86 when he passed,
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He hunted down obscure 78-rpm records, such as jazz, blues, bluegrass, country, and folk recordings from the early 20th century — the history of America, put to shellac — that would have otherwise vanished. Over time, he gathered tens of thousands of records, all kept in his basement and not in any particular order other than the one in his head.
