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Roscoe Holcomb

Roscoe Holcomb has been played on NTS shows including Death Is Not The End, with Mississippi Heavy Water Blues first played on 22 March 2015.

Roscoe Holcomb, (born as Roscoe Halcomb September 5, 1912 - died February 1, 1981) was an American singer, banjo player, and guitarist from Daisy, Kentucky. A prominent figure in Appalachian folk music, Holcomb was the inspiration for the term "high, lonesome sound," coined by folklorist and friend John Cohen. The term is now used to describe bluegrass singing, although Holcomb was not, strictly speaking, a bluegrass performer.

Holcomb's repertoire included old-time music, hymns, and blues ballads. He was a competent harmonica…

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MOST PLAYED TRACKS
Mississippi Heavy Water Blues
Roscoe Holcomb
Folkways Records1975
Mississippi Heavy Water Blues
Roscoe HolcombFolkways Records1975
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I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow
Roscoe Holcomb
Steidl2012
I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow
Roscoe HolcombSteidl2012
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Little Birdie
Roscoe Holcomb
Tompkins Square2015
Little Birdie
Roscoe HolcombTompkins Square2015
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Roll On Buddy
Roscoe Holcomb
Folkways Records1975
Roll On Buddy
Roscoe HolcombFolkways Records1975
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In The Pines
Roscoe Holcomb
Smithsonian Folkways1998
In The Pines
Roscoe HolcombSmithsonian Folkways1998
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Foggy Mountain Top
Roscoe Holcomb
Smithsonian Folkways2003
Foggy Mountain Top
Roscoe HolcombSmithsonian Folkways2003
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I Ain't Got No Sugar Baby Now
Roscoe Holcomb
Smithsonian Folkways2003
I Ain't Got No Sugar Baby Now
Roscoe HolcombSmithsonian Folkways2003
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Graveyard Blues
Roscoe Holcomb
Tompkins Square2015
Graveyard Blues
Roscoe HolcombTompkins Square2015
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