Roscoe Holcomb
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- Roscoe Holcomb, bluegrass music
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1912-09-05
- Active to
- 1981-02-01
appalachian folkcountryold-time
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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 ball
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of death
- Perry County
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Instrument
- guitar
- Image
- Roscoe Holcomb 1960s LOC.jpg
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- date of death
- 1981-02-25
- date of birth
- 1911-09-05
- start of work period
- 1958-00-00
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