The High Lonesome Sound, by Roscoe Holcomb

The High Lonesome Sound

by Roscoe Holcomb

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1.	Moonshiner 02:00	buy track
2.	On Top of Old Smoky 03:44	buy track
3.	Little Birdie 02:28	buy track
4.	House in New Orleans (House of the Rising Sun) 03:49	buy track
5.	Trouble in Mind 02:18	buy track
6.	The Wandering Boy 04:34	buy track
7.	Hook and Line 01:54	buy track
8.	Married Life Blues 01:51	buy track
9.	Omie Wise 04:35	buy track
10.	Willow Tree 03:00	buy track
11.	Boat's Up the River 03:49	buy track
12.	In the Pines 02:25	buy track
13.	Fox Chase 01:24	buy track
14.	Little Gray Mule 01:12	buy track
15.	Free Little Bird 01:57	buy track
16.	Little Bessie 10:06	buy track
17.	Motherless Children 04:56	buy track
18.	Darling Corey 03:38	buy track
19.	Roll on Buddy 02:25	buy track
20.	A Village Churchyard 07:08	buy track
21.	Walk Around My Bedside 04:32	buy track

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The legendary Roscoe Holcomb performs 21 powerful songs shaped by the hard times and conflict between old and new that marked his life in the Kentucky mountains. A hard-hitting singer and banjo-player, he also performs unaccompanied ballads, banjo and harmonica solos, and with a guitar. These recordings from 1961, 1964, and 1974 were previously released on three different Folkways LP records and had a powerful influence on the folk music revival. Accompanied by extensive new notes and photographs by John Cohen. 71 minutes. "Roscoe Holcomb is a true genius." —San Francisco Chronicle

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released January 20, 1998

1998, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

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