Description:	Re-issue LP on Bo Weavil
	Format:	LP (vinyl)
	Genre(s):	Folk/Folk Rock
	Label:	Bo' Weavil
	Price:	£7.99
	Availability:	Sold out / currently unavailable. Sorry!

5
...according to our Phil on 28 November 2006.

On the other hand if you want the proper old American folk check out the Roscoe Holcomb album on Bo Weavil which is quality original folk recorded in the 60's I think but the songs are much much older. To me they sound like tunes from the Southern States from the 20's and 30's. For those who liked the Charlie Parr albums and want to go a bit further back in time then you could do no wrong in checking out this quality reissue of bluegrass stylee US folk. A bit of history....

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What their label says...

Bo' Weavil Recordings goes further into the depths of traditional American folk music with the legendary Roscoe Holcomb performing 17 powerful songs shaped by the hard times and conflict between old and new that marked his life in the rural Appalachian mountains. The sounds on this record were collected 40 odd years ago. Sometimes when you listen to Roscoe Holcomb sing it might've been 400 years ago. Sometimes it could be happening to you right now. These songs and instrumental pieces go back to the 20s and 30s and beyond, into the mists of pre-recorded time. They are the traditional songs of the Kentucky mountains before the advent of radio and record player when itinerant musicians, market places, church and country fair were the conduit of tradition. But these songs, recorded in the unique high and lonesome style of Roscoe Holcomb, were the last folk songs. These recordings were previously released by Folkways in 1968 that had a powerful influence on the folk music revival, and has been crying out for a new vinyl release. Accompanied by some of the original notes on the lyrics and history of each song and some new comments on Roscoe in 2005.Last x100 copies then gone for good.