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Roscoe Holcomb

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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.

Top songs

  1. I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow
  2. Moonshiner
  3. Mississippi Heavy Water Blues
  4. The Hills Of Mexico
  5. Swanno Mountain
  6. Across The Rocky Mountain
  7. I Wish I Was a Single Girl Again
  8. Graveyard Blues
  9. Trouble in Mind
  10. Little Birdie
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  1. Single Girl
  2. Knife Guitar
  3. Black Eye Susie
  4. I Ain't Got No Sugar Baby Now
  5. Hook and Line
  6. Omie Wise
  7. Willow Garden
  8. Coal Creek
  9. John Henry
  10. Barbara Allen Blues
  11. In the Pines
  12. Motherless Children
  13. Little Maggie
  14. Married Life Blues
  15. Combs Hotel Burned Down
  16. Darling Cory
  17. The Wandering Boy
  18. Willow Tree
  19. Milk Cow Blues
  20. Boat's Up The River
  21. Coney Isle
  22. Born And Raised In Covington
  23. Fox Chase
  24. Blackeyed Susie
  25. Rock Island Prison
  26. Roll on Buddy
  27. Man Of Constant Sorrow
  28. Old Smoky
  29. Little Gray Mule
  30. Little Bessie
  31. Hills Of Mexico
  32. True Love
  33. Walk Around My Bedside
  34. Fair Miss In The Garden
  35. Foggy Mountain Top
  36. Sitting On Top Of This World
  37. House In New Orleans
  38. Swannanoa Mountain
  39. Train That Carried My Girl From Town
  40. Frankie And Johnnie
  41. A Village Churchyard
  42. I'm a Free Little Bird
  43. On Top of Old Smoky
  44. House in New Orleans (House of the Rising Sun)
  45. East Virginia Blues
  46. Free Little Bird
  47. Darling Corey
  48. Baby Let Your Hair Roll Down
  49. Darlin Corey
  50. The Train That Carried My Girl from Town
  51. In London City
  52. Frankie And Johnny
  53. Cripple Creek
  54. Wandering Boy
  55. Wayfaring Stranger
  56. Got No Honey Baby Now (Honey Babe Blues)
  57. I Wish I Were a Single Girl Again
  58. The Village Churchyard
  59. Stingy Woman
  60. Train That Carried My Girl From Town
  61. Charles Guitau
  62. Darlin' Corey
  63. Black Eyed Susie
  64. The Rising Sun
  65. Black-Eyed Susie
  66. Rising Sun Blues
  67. Old Smokey
  68. Coney Island
  69. Black Eyed Suzy
  70. Swanno Mountain [1964]
  71. I wish I was a single girl
  72. little grey mule
  73. Graveyard Blues [1961]
  74. East Virginia
  75. Across The Rocky Mountain [1973]
  76. Single Girl [1973]
  77. Coney Island (Coney Isle)
  78. Knife Guitar [1964]
  79. Little Maggie [1964]
  80. I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow [1961]
  81. Rock Island Prison [1964]
  82. Barbara Allen Blues [1964]
  83. The Hills Of Mexico [1961]
  84. Born And Raised In Covington [1964]
  85. Mississippi Heavy Water Blues [1972]
  86. Combs Hotel Burned Down [1964]
  87. I Ain't Got No Sugar Baby Now [1972]
  88. Coney Isle [1964]
  89. Train That Carried My Girl From Town [1972]
  90. Sittin' On Top Of The World

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