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The High Lonesome Sound (LP edition)

Roscoe Holcomb
The High Lonesome Sound (LP edition)
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This third Folkways production featuring Roscoe Holcomb follows Mountain Music of Kentucky (FW02317) and The Music of Roscoe Holcomb and Wade Ward (FW2363). All three albums describe the social, geographical, and musical contexts that influenced Holcomb, and this volume's liner notes present selected transcriptions of interviews with this striking banjo player.

Track Listing

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101
Swanno Mountain Roscoe Holcomb 3:20
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102
Combs Hotel Burned Down Roscoe Holcomb 2:32
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103
Wandering Boy Roscoe Holcomb 4:36
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104
Hook and Line Roscoe Holcomb 1:54
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105
Barbara Allen Blues Roscoe Holcomb 1:31
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106
Married Life Blues Roscoe Holcomb 1:51
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107
Fair Miss in the Garden Roscoe Holcomb 3:37
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108
Omie Wise Roscoe Holcomb 4:36
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109
Willow Tree Roscoe Holcomb 3:02
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201
Boat's Up the River Roscoe Holcomb 3:50
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202
In the Pines Roscoe Holcomb 2:27
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203
Fox Chase Roscoe Holcomb 1:24
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204
Coney Isle Roscoe Holcomb 1:52
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205
Charles Guitau Roscoe Holcomb 1:21
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206
Free Little Bird Roscoe Holcomb 1:59
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207
Baby Let Your Hair Roll Down Roscoe Holcomb 2:33
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Little Bessie Roscoe Holcomb 10:14

Album Info

Catalog Number(s)

FW02368, FA 2368

Year(s) Released

1965

Label/Collection

Folkways Records

Genre(s)

American Folk; Old Time

Country(s)

United States

Culture Group(s)

Anglo-American

Instrument(s)

Banjo; Fiddle; Guitar; Harmonica

Credit(s)

Peter Bartok - Recorder
 Roscoe Holcomb - Artist
 John Cohen - Producer
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