JOHN COHEN: APPALACHIAN SONGS
THE HIGH LONESOME SOUND
US 1963
DIRECTOR: JOHN COHEN
Set in eastern Kentucky, Cohen’s classic film documents the songs of church-goers, miners, and farmers expressing the joys and sorrows of life while pausing to record the beauty of the surrounding mountains and the simplicity of their homes. Musical performances include The Shepherd Family, Roscoe Holcomb on guitar and banjo, and Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys performing "John Henry" for a mixed-race audience in the town square.
(30 mins.)
JOHN COHEN: APPALACHIAN SONGS
5:00 PM -
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