Object Details
Performer
Gunning, Sarah Ogan, 1910-1983
Tucker, George, 1917-
Dickens, Hazel, 1935-2011
Workman, Nimrod
Collection Creator
Asch, Moses
Distler, Marian, 1919-1964
Folkways Records
Collection Citation
Moses and Frances Asch Collection, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Contents
Black lung (blues) (sung by George Tucker to the tune of Pretty Polly) --Black lung --Don't you want to go to that land (sung by Numrod Workman and the workshop) --Cold blooded murder --Come all you coal miners (trad. tune) -- Both lungs is broke down --Thirty inch coal (sung by Tucker) --Dreadful memories (sung to the tune of Precious memories) --Clay county miner --The N&W train don't stop here no more --That 25 cents that you paid (sung by Gunning) --Mannington mine disaster.
Track Information
101 Black Lung Blues / George Tucker.
102 Black Lung / Hazel Dickens.
103 Don't You Want to Go / Nimrod Workman.
104 Cold Blooded Murder / Hazel Dickens.
105 Come All You Coal Miners / Sarah Ogan Gunning.
106 Both Lungs is Broke Down / Nimrod Workman.
201 Thirty-Inch Coal / George Tucker.
202 Dreadful Memories / Sarah Ogan Gunning.
203 Clay County Miner / Hazel Dickens.
204 The N & W / Nimrod Workman.
205 That Twenty-Five Cents / Sarah Ogan Gunning.
206 Mannington Mine Disaster / Hazel Dickens.
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Local Numbers
FW-ASCH-LP-1533
FLP.41790
FLP.41790 ;.Rounder.4005
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint)
Somerville. MA Rounder 1973
General
Durations, biographical notes, and texts (8 p. : ill.) inserted in container. Performer(s): Folk songs; performed principally by their composers, with other artists ; George Tucker, Hazel Dickens, Nimrod Workmen, and Sarah Gunning. Production notes: "Much of the material of this record was recorded at an Appalachian Music Workshop held at the Highlander Center, New Market, Tennessee, in October 1972."
Place
Appalachian Region, Southern -- Songs and music
United States
West Virginia
Washington (D.C.)
Tennessee
Topic
Labor unions -- Songs and music
Folk songs -- United States
Folk songs -- Kentucky
Ballads
Mines and mineral resources
Coal
Appalachian Region
Protest
Struggle
Performer
Gunning, Sarah Ogan, 1910-1983
Tucker, George, 1917-
Dickens, Hazel, 1935-2011
Workman, Nimrod
Culture
Americans
Anglo-American
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Function
Labor unions
Labor unions
Extent
1 Phonograph record (analog, 33 1/3 rpm, 12 in.)
Date
1973
Archival Repository
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
Identifier
CFCH.ASCH, Item FW-ASCH-LP-1533
Type
Archival materials
Phonograph records
Collection Rights
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Restrictions
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
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Record ID
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