Music of Coal: Mining Songs From the Applachian Coalfields

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▼CD 1
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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
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 (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
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:
Jean Ritchie
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:
Merle 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:
Hobo Jack Adkins (mid-20th century country musician)
vocals:
Hobo Jack Adkins (mid-20th century country musician)
performer:
backup musicians (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
recording of:
Thirty Inch Coal
composer:
Hobo Jack Adkins (mid-20th century country musician)
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, 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
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 (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
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
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
▼CD 2
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1West Virginia Mine Disaster
vocals:
Molly Slemp (in 2006)
recorded at:
Maggard Studio in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, United States (in 2006)
recording of:
West Virginia Mine Disaster
lyricist and composer:
Jean Ritchie
publisher:
Jonathan B. Pickow Trust
Molly Slemp2:49
2Union Man
banjo:
Jason Burleson
bass:
Wayne Taylor (Bluegrass vocalist/bass player; member of Blue Highway)
fiddle, mandolin and tenor vocals:
Shawn Lane (Bluegrass vocalist, mandolin, fiddle, and guitar player)
guitar and lead vocals:
Tim Stafford
resonator guitar [Dobro]:
Rob Ickes
vocals:
Jason Burleson, Rob Ickes and Wayne Taylor (Bluegrass vocalist/bass player; member of Blue Highway)
recording of:
Union Man
lyricist and composer:
Tim Stafford
publisher:
Daniel House Music
Blue Highway3:35
3Blue Diamond Mines
banjo:
Linda Williams (folk singer-songwriter) (in 2006)
bass:
Jim Watson (bluegrass musician) (in 2006)
guitar and harmonica:
Robin Williams (folk singer-songwriter) (in 2006)
mandolin:
Jimmy Gaudreau (in 2006)
background vocals [harmony vocal]:
Jimmy Gaudreau, Jim Watson (bluegrass musician) (in 2006) and Linda Williams (folk singer-songwriter) (in 2006)
vocals:
Robin Williams (folk singer-songwriter) (in 2006)
recorded at:
Maggard Studio in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, United States (in 2006)
recording of:
Blue Diamond Mines
lyricist and composer:
Jean Ritchie
publisher:
Peter Pickow
Robin & Linda Williams4:44
4Set Yourself Free
vocals:
Billy Gene Mullins (in 2003)
recorded at:
Maggard Studio in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, United States (in 2003)
recording of:
Set Yourself Free
writer:
Ron Short
publisher:
Lonesome Ace Publishing
Billy Gene Mullins0:49
5Redneck War
banjo:
Ron Short (in 2006)
mandolin:
Shawn Lane (Bluegrass vocalist, mandolin, fiddle, and guitar player) (in 2006)
vocals:
Ron Short (in 2006)
recorded at:
Maggard Studio in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, United States (in 2006)
recording of:
Redneck War
writer:
Ron Short and Sandy Shortridge
publisher:
Lonesome Ace Publishing
Ron Short5:18
6Sixteen Tons
bass:
Jeff D’Angelo
cornet:
Matt Margucci
guitar:
Danny Ferrington and Ronny Cox (US actor and musician)
percussion idiophone [hammer]:
Beverly D'Angelo
washtub bass:
Ned Beatty
vocals:
Ned Beatty, Beverly D'Angelo and Dub Cornett
recording of:
Sixteen Tons
lyricist and composer:
Merle Travis
publisher:
American Music, Inc. and Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd.
parody version of:
Sixteen Tons (yiddish parody)
Ned Beatty2:30
7There Will Be No Black Lung (Up in Heaven)
Rev. Joe Freeman2:01
8Deep Mine Blues
banjo, bass and mandolin:
Steve Cooley (guitar, mandolin, banjo)
guitar:
Steve Cooley (guitar, mandolin, banjo) and Nick Stump
vocals:
Nick Stump
Nick Stump3:31
9I'm a Coal Mining Man
banjo:
Kristin Benson
bass:
Michael Bub (Bluegrass Bassist)
fiddle:
Glen Duncan (bluegrass multi-instrument musician)
guitar:
Robert Bowlin (guitar / mandolin)
mandolin:
Wayne Benson
vocals:
Tom T. Hall
recorded at:
Tom T. & Dixie Hall's Studio in Franklin, Tennessee, United States
recording of:
I'm a Coal Mining Man
writer:
Dixie Hall (Songwriter) and Tom T. Hall
publisher:
Good Home Grown Music (Dixie & Tom T. Hall)
Tom T. Hall2:24
10Dirty Black Coal
banjo and mandolin:
Eric McMurray (bluegrass banjo, mandolin)
bass:
David Edwards (bluegrass bassist and fiddler)
fiddle:
Steve Edwards (bluegrass fiddler and singer)
guitar and lead vocals:
Kenneth Davis
recorded at:
Sounds Reel Studio in Kingsport, Tennessee, United States
Kenneth Davis & The Scott County Boys4:31
11Black Lung
fiddle and slide guitar:
Ron Short (in 2006)
guitar:
A.J. Roach (in 2006)
mandolin:
Shawn Lane (Bluegrass vocalist, mandolin, fiddle, and guitar player) (in 2006)
vocals:
A.J. Roach (in 2006)
recorded at:
Maggard Studio in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, United States (in 2006)
A.J. Roach3:22
12Coal Dust Kisses
Suzanne Mumpower-Johnson4:05
13Coal Tattoo
recorded at:
Maggard Studio in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, United States
Dale Jett4:07
14A Strip Miner's Life
Don Stanley & Middle Creek3:01
15Daddy's Dinner Bucket
Ralph Stanley II3:30
16In Those Mines
banjo [clawhammer banjo] and viola:
Becky Buller
bass:
Jessica Lee (bluegrass bassist)
guitar:
Chris Eldridge
mandolin:
John Wesley Lee (mandolin player)
resonator guitar:
Andy Hall (bluegrass dobro player)
background vocals [harmony vocal]:
Russell Moore (US bluegrass guitarist and singer)
vocals:
Valerie Smith
Valerie Smith3:43
17Miner's Prayer
recording of:
Miner's Prayer
writer:
Dwight Yoakam
publisher:
Figs D Music
Ralph Stanley & Dwight Yoakam3:08
18Dyin' to Make a Livin'
instruments and vocals:
W.V. Hill
W.V. Hill3:38
19You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive
guitar:
Darrell Scott (Country musician)
percussion:
Kenny Malone (session drummer/percussion)
vocals:
Darrell Scott (Country musician)
Darrell Scott5:52
20They Can't Put It Back
banjo [clawhammer banjo]:
Matt McElroy (banjo player)
bass:
Wayne Taylor (Bluegrass vocalist/bass player; member of Blue Highway)
guitar:
Jason Burleson, Tim Stafford and Jack Wright
mandolin:
Shawn Lane (Bluegrass vocalist, mandolin, fiddle, and guitar player)
resonator guitar [Dobro]:
Rob Ickes
lead vocals:
Jack Wright
tenor vocals:
Roger Hall
recorded at:
Maggard Studio in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, United States
Jack Wright2:30
21Which Side Are You On?
recording engineer:
George Cowan (US engineer) and Todd Vos
mixer:
Todd Vos
banjo:
Richie Stearns (Banjo player)
bass:
Gabriel Gordon
drums (drum set):
Allison Miller
fiddle:
Judy Hyman
guitar:
Graham Maby
vocals:
Natalie Merchant
recorded at and mixed at:
Bearsville Studios in Bearsville, New York, United States
cover recording of:
Which Side Are You On? (original version by Florence Reece)
lyricist:
Florence Reece
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Natalie Merchant1.25:01

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]
discography entry:http://sals.info/music-of-coal/ [info]

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Wikipedia:en: Music of Coal [info]
Wikidata:Q6942049 [info]