When Kentucky had no union men/ George Davis, the singing miner of Hazard, Kentucky.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Davis, George, 1906-1992.

Contributor:

Sumner, Marion, 1920-1997.

Alexander Street Press.

Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ballads, English--Kentucky.

Ballads, English.

Coal miners--Songs and music.

Coal miners.

Fiddle tunes--Kentucky.

Fiddle tunes.

Folk songs, English--Kentucky.

Folk songs, English.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : Smithsonian Folkways, [2004]

Contents:

The little lump of coal (2:29)

When Kentucky had no union men (1:41)

Harlan County blues (2:55)

Sixteen tons (3:10)

Callahan (with John Cohen, guitar) (1:06)

Love of Polly and Jack Monroe (3:40)

Rocking chair money (2:19)

The wreck of Main Line Number 4 (3:17)

The three-day blues (4:21)

Coal miner's boogie (2:58)

Miner's dream come true (2:52)

Why are you leaving? (1:37)

Jesus appeared in a barroom (4:02)

Death of the blue eagle (1:52)

Glory in the meetinghouse (1:48)

Buggerman in the bushes (2:55)

A child of desertion (2:08)

White shotgun (3:43).

Participant:

George Davis, accompanying himself on guitar ; in part with Marion Sumner, fiddle, guitar.

Notes:

Notes by John Cohen and song texts (8 p.) inserted in original container.

Originally issued as analog disc on Folkways Records: FA 2343, 1967.

Previously issued as compact disc.

Principally ballads; the 5th and 15th selections are fiddle tunes.

Smithsonian Folkways: FA 2343; F-2343 on original container.

Most selections recorded Nov. 15-16, 1966, at WKIC, Hazard, Ky.

OCLC:

689534078

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.