Roscoe Holcomb - I Wish I Were A Single Girl Again

From the Mountain Music Of Kentucky (1968)...Folkways Records (FA 2317) Recorded and edited by John Cohen In retrospect, I didn't go to Kentucky in 1959 with the intention of doing anything significant, and the people I met weren't thinking of being recorded. I was given to believe that the hills were full of folk song collectors (This turned out to be untrue; actually Alan Lomax was one of the only other people making field recordings that summer). It was an opportunity to look into something which moved me musically. My band, The New Lost City Ramblers was preparing to record an album of songs from the Depression, and this trip was also part of my research. I hoped that the publication of the recording would send the music on and that the people who shared their music with me might be aware of the possible effect they have had on others. ~ John Cohen (from the liner notes) Photography by Carl Mydans; Dorothea Lange; John Cohen: Ethel and Roscoe Holcomb, Daisy, Kentucky, 1959 & Roscoe Holcomb in NCY, 1964