Coal Digging Blues : Songs of West Virginia Miners.
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Compact disc.
Program notes and bibliographical references on container insert.
Drill man blues ; Going Democratic ; Snitcher (George "Curley" Sizemore) -- Bill Green, better run on ; I can tell the world what the union has done ; I don't want to go down yonder (United Four Quartet) -- Coal digging blues ; Brave and trembling motor man (Jerrel Stanley) -- Little lump of coal ; It's on in Washington ; John L. Lewis blues ; Union blues ; How beautiful union must be ; Union coal mines in the sky (Orville "O.J." Jenks) -- Battle of CIO ; Coal miners versus machine loaders ; Bartley Mine disaster (Evening Breezes Sextet) -- Cheer the union travelers ; Union in my heart (Rising Star Quartet).
Various vocalists and instrumentalists.
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WVU Press sound archive
v. 8.
PUBLISHED
Morgantown, WV : West Virginia University Press, c2006.
Year Published: 2006
Description: 1 sound disc (46 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Language: English
Format: CD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1933202114
9781933202112
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Korson, George Gershon, 1899-1967.
Sizemore, George.
Stanley, Jerrel.
Jenks, Orville.
United Four Quartet.
Evening Breezes Sextet.
Rising Star Quartet.
SUBJECTS
Ballads, English -- West Virginia.
Folk songs, English -- West Virginia.
Coal miners -- West Virginia -- Songs and music.
Labor unions -- West Virginia -- Songs and music.
Coal mines and mining -- West Virginia -- Songs and music.
Field recordings -- West Virginia.