Roscoe Holcomb - The Old Church

Recently unearthed live performance of folk legend Roscoe Holcomb. 

Mississippi Records - "In 1972, the renowned and singular folk musician Roscoe Holcomb left his home in rural Daisy, Kentucky and embarked on a west coast tour with Mike Seeger, which included a performance at The Old Church in Portland, Oregon - a beautiful Carpenter Gothic church built in 1882.
"Decades later, two particular reels were discovered deep within a pile of 1/4” tape in a shadowy corner of the KBOO Community Radio archives in Portland. Incredibly, those tapes contained the sole surviving evidence of a strikingly intimate and raw performance by Roscoe Holcomb, whose cascading and haunting banjo, guitar and voice echoed and saturated the room and hushed audience.
"Once cited as Bob Dylan’s favorite singer, Roscoe Holcomb appears at the peak of his powers here, showcasing his immense vocal talents on an extended a cappella version of “The Village Churchyard”. The recording itself is warm and mysterious, sounding like the room itself is alive with the spirit, while the rumbles of trucks and hints of city sounds peek through the walls from the outside streets."

Tracklist
1 Single Girl 3:23
2 Black Eyed Suzie 1:52
3 East Virginia Blues 5:04
4 John Henry 4:28
5 Swanno Mountain 2:40
6 Rocky Mountain 5:26
7 The Village Churchyard 7:57