Roscoe Holcomb - High Lonesome Sound

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Music Review: A great Artist
Rating: 5 Stars

He had a way of infusing feeling into his music, and music into his feelings that few singers have. Back in the day, Eric Clapton used to talk about how Roscoe was his favorite singer, later Eric claimed only his favorite white country singer, but, that is a pretty high ranking.
Roscoe's music is not as some here have thought, something you would have heard 100 years ago. Holcomb's music involved a synthesis between Black blues music and some of the white traditonal music no celtic recording could capture In fact, when asked to describe himself Roscoe would always say he was a blues singer as people who knew him in his community would also describe himself. His ears have found not only traditional styles, but the recordings of Jimmie Rogers and the Stanley Brothers. He is clearly in dialogue with recording commercial country and blues music and with African American styles on the banjo and open tuning guitar.
This is like fine wine. Myself, I can only listen to it certain times,otherwise, all I will want to do is play Roscoe's songs in Roscoe's style when I perform myself.
This is a great artist, a man not just typical of some genre or culture, but a man with special talents to make that speak and sing in a special way.
Everyone with ears should have this CD.
We should give special thanks to John Cohen, the photographer, the musican, the New Lost City Rambler who worked to get out these original recordings, and who then worked to compile this collection on CD and got them to put it out.
Thanks John
PS does anyone know if John's Film "The High Lonesome Sound" is available on video.

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