The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #25516 Message #299707
Posted By: Lepus Rex
18-Sep-00 - 01:54 AM
Thread Name: Help: What's high and lonesome?
Subject: RE: Help: What's high and lonesome?
I believe that... God, I forget his name... John Cohen? (someone correct me if I'm wrong) created this term to describe Roscoe Holcomb's singing, and since then it's been applied to other musicians (like Bill Monroe).