Roscoe Holcomb- High Lonesome Sound
Eric Clapton himself called Roscoe his favorite country musician, and for good reason-that high lonesome sound never sounded higher or more lonesome than it did when this old-timer played. Here are 72 minutes' worth of tracks taken from three Folkways albums released in 1961, 1965 and 1975, with notes and guests Mike Seeger and John Cohen.
Tracklist:
- Moonshiner
- Old Smokey
- Little Birdie
- House in New Orleans
- Trouble in Mind
- Wandering Boy, The
- Hook and Line
- Married Life Blues
- Omie Wise
- Willow Tree
- Boat's Up the River
- In the Pines
- Fox Chase
- Little Gray Mule
- I'm a Free Little Bird
- Little Bessie
- Motherless Children
- Darling Corey
- Roll on Buddy
- Village Churchyard, A
- Walk Around My Bedside
UPC > 093074010426
Format > New CD
Label > Smithsonian Folkways
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Eric Clapton himself called Roscoe his favorite country musician, and for good reason-that high lonesome sound never sounded higher or more lonesome than it did when this old-timer played. Here are 72 minutes' worth of tracks taken from three Folkways albums released in 1961, 1965 and 1975, with notes and guests Mike Seeger and John Cohen.
Tracklist:
- Moonshiner
- Old Smokey
- Little Birdie
- House in New Orleans
- Trouble in Mind
- Wandering Boy, The
- Hook and Line
- Married Life Blues
- Omie Wise
- Willow Tree
- Boat's Up the River
- In the Pines
- Fox Chase
- Little Gray Mule
- I'm a Free Little Bird
- Little Bessie
- Motherless Children
- Darling Corey
- Roll on Buddy
- Village Churchyard, A
- Walk Around My Bedside
UPC > 093074010426
Format > New CD
Label > Smithsonian Folkways
Shop online at Darkside Records.
Follow us on Instagram.