Malcolm Holcombe : From ‘a Hundred Lies’
Malcolm Holcombe : From ‘A Hundred Lies’ – From Rick Cornell’s written bio on Malcolm Holcombe’s website… “I chainsmoke and complain, goin’ broke inside,” Malcolm Holcombe growls with his signature gritty vocals while sharply picking his guitar; If chain-smoking and complaining are some of the characteristics that embody the kind of talent Malcolm reveals in his raw, heartfelt story telling, well then everyone should applaud chain-smoking complainers. On the exterior Malcolm is a chain-smoking, coffee-loving, flannel shirt-wearing man with a five-o’clock shadow and a cutting stare, but the minute he walks on a stage, out comes the performer with his jabbered witticisms and off-beat style. He has the audience eating out of the palm of his hand. From the foothills of Appalachia North Carolina, Malcolm found musical inspiration from a pocket transistor radio, his mom’s French harp and all the music shows on the Fada TV, which sometimes could only pick up two channels. Malcolm was “glued to the tube” watching shows like “Sing Along with Mitch”, “The Flatt and Scruggs Show”, “Where the Action Is” and “The Ed Sullivan show”. He learned to play a few chords on a flat-top guitar his mother bought from Sears in the mid-sixties, and the handy Mel-Bay Chord Book. “I couldn’t make it past the first page ‘er two. Mother said I sang through my nose. I just tried to carry a tune some way or another, just to pass the time.” After the passing of both parents, just a few years apart, Malcolm hit the road with a band called …
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