Roscoe Holcomb & The Stanley Brothers - Village Churchyard (live) - 1966

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Recorded at Glocke Concert Hall in Bremen, Germany on March 17, 1966. Issued as “Village Churchyard” on the compilation album “American Folk & Country Festival” (Bear Family BCD 16849 BK, 2007). Features Roscoe Holcomb, Carter Stanley and Ralph Stanley. Song is traditional (variation of the songs “Since My Mother’s Dead And Gone” and “Mother’s Grave”). Song first issued by the Carter Family as “In A Little Village Churchyard” (Decca 5386, 1937). Song issued by the Stanley Brothers as “Village Church Yard” on the album “Old Time Camp Meeting” (King 750, 1961).