Music of Roscoe Holcomb and Wade Ward

~ Release by Roscoe Holcomb & Wade Ward (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

Copyright: © 1962 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
℗ 1962 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Originally released on Folkways Records.

Annotation last modified on 2026-01-14 16:26 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Moonshiner
lead vocals:
Roscoe Holcomb
recorded at:
Sanders Recording Studio in New York, New York, United States (in 1961)
recording of:
Moonshiner
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4301)
Roscoe Holcomb2:02
2On Top of Old Smoky
banjo and lead vocals:
Roscoe Holcomb
recorded at:
Sanders Recording Studio in New York, New York, United States (in 1961)
recording of:
On Top of Old Smoky
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Union Songs AB (publisher)
Roscoe Holcomb3:45
3Little Grey Mule
banjo:
Roscoe Holcomb
recorded at:
Sanders Recording Studio in New York, New York, United States (in 1961)
Roscoe Holcomb1:13
4Little Birdie
banjo and lead vocals:
Roscoe Holcomb
recorded at:
Sanders Recording Studio in New York, New York, United States (in 1961)
recording of:
Little Birdie
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 5742)
Roscoe Holcomb2:29
5Graveyard Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1961)
guitar and lead vocals:
Roscoe Holcomb (in 1961)
recorded at:
Sanders Recording Studio in New York, New York, United States (in 1961)
recording of:
Graveyard Dream Blues (in 1961)
writer:
Ida Cox
publisher:
EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated)
Roscoe Holcomb3:00
6Man of Constant Sorrow
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1961)
lead vocals:
Roscoe Holcomb (in 1961)
recorded at:
Sanders Recording Studio in New York, New York, United States (in 1961)
recording of:
Man of Constant Sorrow (traditional, arranger neutral) (in 1961)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Southern Music Publishing Co. (publishing company)
Roscoe Holcomb3:00
7The Rising Sun
guitar and lead vocals:
Roscoe Holcomb
recorded at:
Sanders Recording Studio in New York, New York, United States (in 1961)
recording of:
House of the Rising Sun
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Beechwood Music Corp., Ole Cantaloupe Music and Sonet Publishing Ltd.
Roscoe Holcomb3:50
8Trouble in Mind
banjo and lead vocals:
Roscoe Holcomb
recorded at:
Sanders Recording Studio in New York, New York, United States (in 1961)
recording of:
Trouble in Mind
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 18297)
Roscoe Holcomb2:19
9Hills of Mexico
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1961)
banjo and lead vocals:
Roscoe Holcomb (in 1961)
recorded at:
Sanders Recording Studio in New York, New York, United States (in 1961)
recording of:
Buffalo Skinners (in 1961)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 634)
Roscoe Holcomb2:33
10True Love
recorded at:
Sanders Recording Studio in New York, New York, United States (in 1961)
Roscoe Holcomb4:46
11Peachbottom Creek
Wade Ward1:28
12Uncle Eef Got a Coon
Wade Ward1:16
13Mississippi Sawyer (1)
Wade Ward1:22
14Sourwood Mountain
recording of:
Sourwood Mountain
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 754)
Wade Ward1:19
15Cumberland Gap
recording of:
Cumberland Gap
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3413)
Wade Ward1:11
16Old Jimmy Sutton
Wade Ward1:27
17New River Train
recording of:
New River Train
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4568)
Wade Ward1:24
18Lone Prairie
Wade Ward1:33
19Little Sadie
recording of:
Little Sadie
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 780)
Wade Ward0:44
20Mississippi Sawyer (2)
Wade Ward3:03
21Arkansas Traveler
recording of:
The State of Arkansas
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 257)
Wade Ward1:03
22Half Shaved
Wade Ward1:07
23Old Reuben
recording of:
I'm Nine Hundred Miles from Home
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4959)
Wade Ward1:18
24Sally Ann
recording of:
Sally Ann
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Wade Ward1:30
25Cluck Old Hen
recording of:
Cluck Old Hen
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Wade Ward1:13
26Waterbound
recording of:
Waterbound
composer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
Wade Ward2:08