Roscoe Holcomb - High Lonesome Sound

Eric Clapton himself called Roscoe his favorite country musician, and for good reason-that high lonesome sound never sounded higher or more lonesome than it did when this old-timer played. Here are 72 minutes' worth of tracks taken from three Folkways albums released in 1961, 1965 and 1975, with notes and guests Mike Seeger and John Cohen.

1) Moonshiner
2) Old Smoky
3) Little Birdie
4) House in New Orleans
5) Trouble in Mind
6) The Wandering Boy
7) Hook and Line
8) Married Life Blues
9) Omie Wise
10) Willow Tree
11) Boat's Up the River
12) In the Pines
13) Fox Chase
14) Little Gray Mule
15) I'm a Free Little Bird
16) Little Bessie
17) Motherless Children
18) Darlin Corey
19) Roll on Buddy
20) A Village Churchyard
21) Walk Around My Bedside