Music of Coal: Mining Songs From the Applachian Coalfields

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Tracklist

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1Down in a Coal Mine (excerpt)
edit of:
Down in a Coal Mine by Edison Concert Band
recording of:
Down in a Coal Mine
lyricist and composer:
J.B. Geoghegan
Edison Concert Band1:21
2Mining Camp Blues
banjo:
Charlie Dixon (Jazz banjoist)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (clarinetist)
cornet:
Louis Armstrong
piano:
Fletcher Henderson
trombone:
Charlie Green (Trombonist)
vocals:
Trixie Smith
recording of:
Mining Camp Blues
writer:
Trixie Smith
Trixie Smith2:55
3Sprinkle Coal Dust on My Grave
recorded in:
Welch, West Virginia, United States (in 1940)
recording engineer:
George Korson (in 1940)
guitar:
Orville Jenks (in 1940)
vocals:
Orville Jenks (in 1940)
recording of:
Sprinkle Coal Dust on My Grave
writer:
Orville J. Jenks
Orville J. Jenks2:41
4Coal Miner's Blues
guitar and lead vocals:
Sara Carter (of the Carter Family)
guitar [lead guitar] and background vocals [harmony vocal]:
Maybelle Carter
recording of:
Coal Miner's Blues
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
The Carter Family3:01
5Hard Times in Coleman's Mine
vocals:
Aunt Molly Jackson
recording of:
Hard Times in Coleman's Mine
lyricist:
Aunt Molly Jackson
Aunt Molly Jackson2:35
6He's Only a Miner Killed in the Ground
fiddle:
Doc Roberts (American Kentucky-style old-time fiddler)
guitar:
Asa Martin
solo vocals:
Ted Chestnut
Ted Chestnut2:32
7Coal Black Mining Blues
recorded in:
Wise County, Virginia, United States
vocals:
Nimrod Workman
recording of:
Coal Black Mining Blues
writer:
Nimrod Workman
publisher:
Lonesome Ace Publishing
Nimrod Workman1:13
8'31 Depression Blues
banjo:
Ed Sturgill
guitar:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
vocals:
Ed Sturgill
Ed Sturgill2:45
9Prayer of a Miner's Child
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1969-12-04)
guitar:
Mike Seeger (on 1969-12-04)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1969-12-04)
recorded at:
Clinch Valley College in Wise County, Virginia, United States (on 1969-12-04)
recording of:
Prayer of a Miner's Child
writer:
Shirley Hill
publisher:
Lonesome Ace Publishing
Dock Boggs1:48
10That Twenty-Five Cents You Paid
background vocals:
workshop participants ([unknown], Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.), Sparky Rucker (in 1972), George Tucker (folk musician) (in 1972), Nimrod Workman (in 1972) and Jack Wright (in 1972)
vocals:
Sarah Ogan Gunning (in 1972)
recorded at:
Highlander Center (after 1971) in New Market, Tennessee, United States (in 1972)
recording of:
That 25 Cents That You Paid
lyricist and composer:
Jim Garland
Sarah Ogan Gunning2:21
11The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore
recording engineer:
Doug Dorschug (US old-time fiddler and guitarist) (in 1992)
guitar:
Jean Ritchie (in 1992)
vocals:
Jean Ritchie (in 1992)
recorded at:
Cumberland Festival, Appalshop , Inc., Whitesburg, KY in Whitesburg, Kentucky, United States (in 1992)
recording of:
The L & N Don’t Stop Here Any More
lyricist and composer:
Than Hall
publisher:
Jonathan B. Pickow Trust
Jean Ritchie3:10
12Dark as a Dungeon
guitar:
Merle Travis
vocals:
Merle Travis
recording of:
Dark as a Dungeon
lyricist and composer:
Travis
Merle Travis1:55
13Come All You Coal Miners
banjo:
Sue Massek (banjo player, singer and songwriter from Kentucky)
bass:
Sharon Ruble (bass & banjo player, singer from Kentucky)
fiddle and background vocals [harmony vocal]:
Karen Jones (fiddle player and singer from Kentucky)
guitar:
Bev Futrell (mandolin and guitar player and singer from Kentucky)
vocals:
Sue Massek (banjo player, singer and songwriter from Kentucky)
cover recording of:
Come All You Coal Miners
lyricist and composer:
Sarah Ogan Gunning
Reel World String Band2:21
14My Sweetheart's the Mule in the Mines
guitar:
Mike Kline
vocals:
Mike Kline
recording of:
My Sweetheart's the Mule in the Mines
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Mike Kline0:22
15Thirty Inch Coal
guitar:
Jack Adkins (mid-20th century country musician, “Hobo”)
vocals:
Jack Adkins (mid-20th century country musician, “Hobo”)
performer:
backup musicians ([unknown], Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
recording of:
Thirty Inch Coal
composer:
Jack Adkins (mid-20th century country musician, “Hobo”)
Hobo Jack Adkins2:35
16Black Waters
recording engineer:
Sandy Paton
guitar:
Jim Ringer
vocals:
Jim Ringer
performer:
Red Crummy, Ed Hamlett, Nancy Katz, Mary McCaslin (folksinger), Caroline Paton, Jay Ungar, Jane Voss and Jon Wilcox
recording of:
Black Waters
lyricist and composer:
Jean Ritchie
publisher:
Peter Pickow
Jim Ringer3:34
17Roof Boltin' Daddy
guitar:
Frank Joines
vocals:
Gene Carpenter
recording of:
Roof Boltin' Daddy
lyricist:
Gene Carpenter
Gene Carpenter2:25
18Dream of a Miner's Child
banjo:
Ralph Stanley (US bluegrass singer and banjo player)
bass:
Mike Seeger
fiddle:
Vernon Derrick
guitar:
Carter Stanley
mandolin:
Curley Lambert
background vocals [harmony vocal (overdubs)]:
Jeannie Stanley
vocals:
Carter Stanley
mixed at:
Maggard Studio in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, United States (in 2005)
recording of:
Dream of a Miner's Child
writer:
Phyllis Boyens, Hazel Dickens and Kenneth R. Irwin
Carter Stanley2:43
19Coal Miner's Boogie
guitar:
George Davis (US folk singer songwriter, radio DJ from KY)
vocals:
George Davis (US folk singer songwriter, radio DJ from KY)
performer:
backup musicians ([unknown], Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
George Davis2:55
20The Yablonski Murder
banjo:
Bob Siggins (Bluegrass and old-time banjo player)
guitar:
John Kaparakis (US bluegrass/old-time guitarist)
mandolin:
Ralph Rinzler
vocals:
Hazel Dickens
recording of:
The Yablonski Murder
lyricist and composer:
Hazel Dickens
publisher:
Happy Valley Music (BMI affiliated)
Hazel Dickens2:57
21What Are We Gonna Do?
vocals:
Dorothy Myles (in 2003)
recorded at:
Maggard Studio in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, United States (in 2003)
recording of:
What Are We Gonna Do?
writer:
Dorathy Myles
publisher:
Lonesome Ace Publishing
Dorothy Myles3:01
22Explosion at Derby Mine
autoharp:
Charlie Maggard (in 2006)
bass:
Jim Price (engineer) (in 2006)
fiddle:
Kevin Jackson (fiddle player in the Tennessee/Virginia area) (in 2006)
guitar:
Chuck Tipton (graphic designer, guitar & harmonica player, luthier) (in 2006)
mandolin:
Glen Harlow (Bristol, Va blugrass musician) (in 2006)
background vocals [chorus]:
Ron Swindall (musiciam, engineer, singer) (from 2006 to present), Joan Short (in 2006), Ron Short (in 2006), Papa Joe Smiddy (in 2006), Randy Stanley (in 2006) and Vickie Swindall (in 2006)
vocals:
Charlie Maggard (in 2006)
recorded at:
Maggard Studio in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, United States (in 2006)
recording of:
Explosion at Derby
composer:
Leslie Ketron (composed Explosion at Derby Mine)
publisher:
Lonesome Ace Publishing
Charlie Maggard4:03
23Blind Fiddler
banjo and guitar:
Randy Stanley
bass:
David Castle (US recording engineer and guitarist)
fiddle:
Ron Short
vocals:
Jim "Bud" Stanley
recorded at:
Maggard Studio in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, United States
Jim "Bud" Stanley3:00
24Loadin' Coal
bass:
Todd Meade (old time fiddle and banjo player)
guitar:
John Hutchinson (guitarist)
vocals:
John Hutchinson (guitarist)
recorded at:
Maggard Studio in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, United States
recording of:
Loading Coal
lyricist and composer:
Merle Travis
John Hutchison2:31
25Coal Town Saturday Night
guitar:
Randall Hylton
vocals:
Randall Hylton
recording of:
Coal Town Saturday Night
lyricist and composer:
Randall Hylton
publisher:
Hyltone Music
Randall Hylton3:05
26It's Been a Long Time
banjo and background vocals [harmony vocal]:
Roger Hall
bass:
Todd Meade (old time fiddle and banjo player)
guitar:
Sonny Houston
vocals:
Sonny Houston
Sonny Houston & Roger Hall3:38
27Fountain Filled With Blood
choir vocals [vocal leader]:
Elder James Caudill (in 2006)
recorded at:
Maggard Studio in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, United States (in 2006)
recording of:
Fountain Filled With Blood
lyricist:
Joan Boyd Short
publisher:
Lonesome Ace Publishing
is based on:
There Is a Fountain Filled With Blood
Elder James Caudill & Choir3:50
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Credits

Release

liner notes:Jack Wright (in 2007)
engineer and mastering:Alan Maggard (engineer)
Jim Price (engineer)
assistant producer:Rich Kirby
Ron Short
associate producer:Alan Maggard (engineer)
executive producer:Paul Kuczko (production)
producer:Jack Wright
copyrighted (©) by:Lonesome Pine Records & Publishing (in 2007)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/23389934 [info]
ASIN:US: B000VQ40WM [info]
purchase for mail-order:http://www.musicofcoal.com/ [info]
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Wikipedia:en: Music of Coal [info]
Wikidata:Q6942049 [info]