High Lonesome Sound
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CREDITS: Photography, John Cohen; editor, Patricia JaffeeSUMMARY: Presents folk music and spirituals sung by the mountain people of eastern Kentucky: an unemployed worker, coal miners, church congregations, and members of a miner's family. Explains that these songs are the means by which the people hold to their traditions and dignity while living in a depressed area. Includes performances by banjo-player Roscoe Holcomb and Bill Monroe
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John Cohen; Patricia Jaffé; Joel Agee; Brandon Films, inc.; University of California (System). Extension Media Center
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CREDITS: Photography, John Cohen; editor, Patricia Jaffee
SUMMARY: Presents folk music and spirituals sung by the mountain people of eastern Kentucky: an unemployed worker, coal miners, church congregations, and members of a miner's family. Explains that these songs are the means by which the people hold to their traditions and dignity while living in a depressed area. Includes performances by banjo-player Roscoe Holcomb and Bill Monroe
SUMMARY: Presents folk music and spirituals sung by the mountain people of eastern Kentucky: an unemployed worker, coal miners, church congregations, and members of a miner's family. Explains that these songs are the means by which the people hold to their traditions and dignity while living in a depressed area. Includes performances by banjo-player Roscoe Holcomb and Bill Monroe
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