# The High Lonesome Sound: Kentucky Mountain Sound, 1963

This film is listed in some film catalogs as " The High Lonesome Sound: Music Making in the Kentucky Mountains ." Source copy at National Archives not in the greatest shape. Film's page at IMDB . National Archives description: "Documentary: Explores the lives of Appalachian mountain people in a depressed area of Kentucky through spiritual and folk music. Presents songs by revivalist church congregations, coal miners, an unemployed worker, and members of a miner's family. Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys, and the Shepherd Family perform. Explains that these poverty-stricken people maintain their traditions and dignity through their music." Copyright status (at the National Archives) is unspecified. National Archives Identifier: 72830

- Kind: Short
- Year: 1963
- Runtime: 30 min
- By: United States. Office of Economic Opportunity
- Genres: Music
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/TheHighLonesomeSound1963)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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