John and Mac McCormick led Chris Strachwitz to Mance Lipscomb who became the flagship artist for Arhoolie Records in 1960.
John managed and toured with Lightning Hopkins for about 10 years.
John was a championship handball player
John on the links at the Clarksville (Texas) Country Club
James R. & Susan Cooper Lomax, John's grandparents moved the family from MIssissippi to Texas in 1867
Johns Jr. and Sr. in Manhattan, 1932
Three Johns, Dallas, 1947
John at work typing lyrics to the songs he sang.
A day on the lake.
John Avery and Margaret Marable Lomax and John Marable Lomax (John Lomax III)
John ready for a dip, he was a champion open ocean swimmer.
John at home, 1970
John Avery Lomax Sr. who started the Lomax musical tradition, 1946.
John with Jimmy Noe, Corpus Christi, Texas in the late '40s.
John and Margaret on their wedding day, May 7, 1941.
The three Johns working on a building.
Ed Badeaux, John and Howard Porper, three founders of the Houston Folklore Society.
"America's Dulcimer Champion", David Schnaufer with John Lomax III and co-producer Mark Miller. Mark now produces Garth Brooks.
Bob Saporiti (aka Reckless Johnny Wales) and John compare their Jo Walker-Meador International Global Achievement Awards, 2010. Photo by Ryan Schemmel
Joseph Franklin Lomax and Hally Wood in performance, Austin, Texas, 1982
Townes Van Zandt, Margaret ("Mimi") Lomax with Lightning Hopkins and his wife. Antoinette. John's father managed Lightning, John III managed Townes who was heavily influenced by Hopkins.
