HOLCOMB, ROSCOE
(1913–1981)
HOLCOMB, ROSCOE (b. Daisy, Ky., 1913–February 25, 1981) Holcomb was an intense, high-voiced mountain vocalist and BANJO/GUITAR player who was discovered by folklorist JOHN COHEN in the late 1950s and became a central figure in the old-time music revival. Roscoe lived and worked near Hazard, Kentucky, the center of the state's coal-mining region. His earliest memory was of someone playing the harmonica (which he called the mouth harp, as many country people do). His brother-in-law gave him a…