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An untamed sense of control

Title
An untamed sense of control [sound recording] / Roscoe Holcomb.
Author
Holcomb, Roscoe.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, p2003.

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Additional Authors
  • Cohen, John.
  • Stanley, Carter.
  • Barbecue Bob, 1902-1931.
  • Hutchison, Frank, 1897-1945.
  • Carter, A. P. (Alvin Pleasant), 1891-1960.
Description
1 sound disc : digital, stereo; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects
Note
  • Compact disc.
  • Program notes by John Cohen (22 p. : ports.) inserted in container.
Event (note)
  • Recorded 1953 & 1973, Cambridge, Mass., 1961 & 1964, New York, N.Y. and 1972 on the performer's front porch, Daisy, Ky.
Contents
Swanno mountain (3:14) -- Across the rocky mountain (5:19) -- Graveyard blues (2:57) -- Single girl (2:58) -- Little Maggie (2:58) -- Born and raised in Covington (2:14) -- Barbara Allen blues (1:26) -- Coal Creek (1:28) -- Rock Island prison (1:31) -- I am a man of constant sorrow / Carter Stanley (2:56) -- Combs Hotel burned down (2:29) -- The hills of Mexico (2:29) -- Knife guitar (1:14) -- Mississippi heavy water blues / Robert Hicks (2:13) -- Coney Isle / Frank Hutchison (1:47) -- Train that carried my girl from town / Frank Hutchison (1:58) -- Milk cow blues / Kakamo Arnold (2:06) -- Black Eye Susie (1:11) -- Darling Cory (3:37) -- I ain't got no sugar baby now (2:47) -- Sitting on top of this world (2:39) -- Frankie and Johnnie (5:08) -- Foggy mountain top / A.P. Carter (1:48) -- Fair miss in the garden (3:49) -- Willow garden (3:23) -- True love (6:24).
Call Number
*LDC 31596
LCCN
  • 2004713228
  • 093074014424
OCLC
52052483
Author
Holcomb, Roscoe.
Title
An untamed sense of control [sound recording] / Roscoe Holcomb.
Imprint
Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, p2003.
Performer
Roscoe Holcomb, banjo, guitar, knife guitar, harmonica, fiddle and vocals ; John Cohen, guitar (tracks 4 and 25).
Event
Recorded 1953 & 1973, Cambridge, Mass., 1961 & 1964, New York, N.Y. and 1972 on the performer's front porch, Daisy, Ky.
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Added Author
Cohen, John. Instrumentalist. Writer of accompanying material
Stanley, Carter. Composer
Barbecue Bob, 1902-1931. Composer
Hutchison, Frank, 1897-1945. Composer
Carter, A. P. (Alvin Pleasant), 1891-1960. Composer
Other Standard Identifier
093074014424
Publisher No.
SFW CD 40144 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Research Call Number
*LDC 31596 Program notes on file
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