The High Lonesome Sound

~ Release by Roscoe Holcomb (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

Copyright: © 1998 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
℗ 1998 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Annotation last modified on 2026-01-14 16:38 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1Moonshiner
lead vocals:
Roscoe Holcomb
recorded at:
Sanders Recording Studio in New York, New York, United States (in 1961)
recording of:
Moonshiner
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4301)
2:01
2On Top of Old Smoky
banjo and lead vocals:
Roscoe Holcomb
recorded at:
Sanders Recording Studio in New York, New York, United States (in 1961)
recording of:
On Top of Old Smoky
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Union Songs AB (publisher)
3:45
3Little Birdie
banjo and lead vocals:
Roscoe Holcomb
recorded at:
Sanders Recording Studio in New York, New York, United States (in 1961)
recording of:
Little Birdie
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 5742)
2:29
4House in New Orleans
guitar and lead vocals:
Roscoe Holcomb
recorded at:
Sanders Recording Studio in New York, New York, United States (in 1961)
recording of:
House of the Rising Sun
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Beechwood Music Corp., Ole Cantaloupe Music and Sonet Publishing Ltd.
3:50
5Trouble in Mind
banjo and lead vocals:
Roscoe Holcomb
recorded at:
Sanders Recording Studio in New York, New York, United States (in 1961)
recording of:
Trouble in Mind
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 18297)
2:18
6The Wandering Boy
lead vocals:
Roscoe Holcomb
recorded at:
Steinway Hall in New York, New York, United States (in 1964)
recording of:
The Wandering Boy
composer:
R. S. Hanna
arranger:
A.P. Carter
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI)
4:35
7Hook and Line
banjo and lead vocals:
Roscoe Holcomb
recorded at:
Steinway Hall in New York, New York, United States (in 1964)
recording of:
Hook and Line
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
1:55
8Married Life Blues
banjo and lead vocals:
Roscoe Holcomb
recorded at:
Steinway Hall in New York, New York, United States (in 1964)
1:51
9Omie Wise
banjo and lead vocals:
Roscoe Holcomb
recorded at:
Steinway Hall in New York, New York, United States (in 1964)
recording of:
Omie Wise
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 447)
4:35
10Willow Tree
banjo and lead vocals:
Roscoe Holcomb
recorded at:
Steinway Hall in New York, New York, United States (in 1964)
recording of:
Willow Tree
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Fats Waller
3:00
11Boat’s Up the River
guitar and lead vocals:
Roscoe Holcomb
recorded at:
Steinway Hall in New York, New York, United States (in 1964)
recording of:
Boat’s Up the River
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 23773)
3:49
12In the Pines
guitar and lead vocals:
Roscoe Holcomb
recorded at:
Steinway Hall in New York, New York, United States (in 1964)
recording of:
In the Pines (Black Girl)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3421)
2:25
13Fox Chase
harmonica:
Roscoe Holcomb
recorded at:
Steinway Hall in New York, New York, United States (in 1964)
recording of:
Fox Chase (folk tune)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
1:24
14Little Gray Mule
banjo:
Roscoe Holcomb
recorded at:
Sanders Recording Studio in New York, New York, United States (in 1961)
1:13
15Free Little Bird
banjo and lead vocals:
Roscoe Holcomb
fiddle:
Mike Seeger
guitar:
John Cohen (folk musician and musicologist, 1932-2019)
recorded at:
Steinway Hall in New York, New York, United States (in 1964)
recording of:
Free Little Bird
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
1:58
16Little Bessie
guitar and lead vocals:
Roscoe Holcomb
recorded at:
Steinway Hall in New York, New York, United States (in 1964)
recording of:
Little Bessie
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
10:07
17Motherless Children
recorded in:
Perry County, Kentucky, United States (in 1972)
guitar and lead vocals:
Roscoe Holcomb
recording of:
Mother's Children Have a Hard Time
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
4:57
18Darling Corey
recorded in:
Perry County, Kentucky, United States (in 1972)
banjo and lead vocals:
Roscoe Holcomb (in 1972)
recording of:
Darling Corey (in 1972)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 5723) and Roud Folk Song Index (number: 5723)
3:38
19Roll On Buddy
recorded in:
Perry County, Kentucky, United States (in 1972)
banjo and lead vocals:
Roscoe Holcomb
vocals:
Roscoe Holcomb
2:26
20A Village Churchyard
recorded in:
Perry County, Kentucky, United States (in 1972)
lead vocals:
Roscoe Holcomb
7:08
21Walk Around My Bedside
recorded in:
Perry County, Kentucky, United States (in 1972)
guitar and lead vocals:
Roscoe Holcomb
recording of:
Walk Around My Bedside
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
4:32