Roscoe Holcomb

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Object Details

maker

Horenstein, Henry

Description

Roscoe Holcomb (1911-1981) embodied the "high, lonesome sound" of traditional Appalachian songs. A banjo player and singer, he spent most of his life in the small town of Daisy, Kentucky, working for a living with no aspirations to become a star. Smithsonian folklorist John Cohen recorded Holcomb at home in 1959. That recording led to performances at bluegrass festivals and an international tour with the Stanley Brothers.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Horenstein, Henry

negative

1972

print

2003

ID Number

2003.0169.028

accession number

2003.0169

catalog number

2003.0169.028

Object Name

photograph

gelatin silver print

Physical Description

paper (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 8 in x 10 in; 20.32 cm x 25.4 cm

Place Made

United States: Massachusetts, Cambridge

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Art

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Musicians

Men

Elderly

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-6e0a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1203659