"Nimrod was a real character similar to people like Roscoe Holcomb but his story is arguably even more compelling. Nimrod was born in 1895, lived to be 99 years old and spent the second half of his life as a living artifact, frequently filming w of his Lomax and other documentarians, discussing and singing about the first half of his life, which he spent as the archetypal Appalachian coal miner and labor activist. Nimrod didn’t just sing about that life, he lived it, spending 42 years in the min

101K views · 3.3K reactions | Roscoe Holcomb On Top of Old Smoky(1961) #oldtime #banjo #worldbluegrass | World Bluegrass Day | Facebook

16K views · 567 reactions | Mike Seeger interviewing Roscoe Holcomb who treats us to his version of "Hook and Line." A coal miner and farmer for much of his life, Holcomb was not recorded until 1958, after which his career as a professional musician was bolstered by the folk revival of the 1960s. #mikeseeger #roscoeholcomb #folk #banjo #dimestoreradio | Dime Store Radio | Facebook