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Roscoe Holcomb, an unemployed construction worker talks about music and plays the banjo in Daisy, Kentucky.

The lives of Appalachian mountain people in a depressed area of Kentucky, and how they cope with poverty and maintain their traditions and dignity through music. DAISY, Kentucky: Roscoe Holcomb, an unemployed construction worker seated on the swing in his house amidst the mountains. He smokes and talks about spiritual music, and how it is a God given gift. He begins to play his banjo. Dogs bark near a hand pump in the vicinity. Old houses nearby. Holcomb's family seated in the patio. He plays the banjo as a man tap dances beside him. Holcomb sings 'Little Bridge'. Clouds over the mountains, thick woods, a church nestled among the clouds.

Location: Daisy Kentucky

Date: 1962

Duration: 2 min 57 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Roscoe Holcomb, an unemployed construction worker sings 'The Wandering Boy' at his house in Daisy, Kentucky.

The lives of Appalachian mountain people in a depressed area of Kentucky, and how they cope with poverty and maintain their traditions and dignity through music. Daisy, Kentucky: Roscoe Holcomb, an unemployed construction worker at his house nestled amidst the mountains. Crops on the farmland around the house. Pictures inside the house. A bulb hangs from the ceiling. Holcomb sings 'The Wandering Boy' from the New Baptist Song Book. Holcomb farms his land. He gets into bed and retires for the night.

Location: Daisy Kentucky

Date: 1962

Duration: 4 min 36 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English