Harlan County USA: Songs of the Coal Miner's Struggle
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Edition: Music CDCD Release Date: 2006-05-23
Music Label: Rounder / Umgd
Soundtracks:
- Coal Tattoo - Hazel Dickens
- Shut Up in the Mines of Coal Creek - The Old Home String Band, Tracy Schwarz
- Come All You Coal Miners - Sarah Ogan Gunning
- Blue Diamond Mines - The Johnson Mountain Boys
- Yablonski Murder - Hazel Dickens
- Last Train from Poor Valley - Norman Blake
- Black Lung - Hazel Dickens
- Dark as a Dungeon - Merle Travis
- Trouble Among the Yearlings - Country Cooking
- Lawrence Jones - Phyllis Boyens
- Coal Black Mining Blues - Nimrod Workman, Nimrod Workman
- Coal Miner's Grave - Hazel Dickens
- Death of Harry Simms - Jim Garland
- Mannington Mine Disaster - Hazel Dickens
- Cruel Willie - Connie & Babe, Red Roberts
- Hard Working Miner - Sarah Ogan Gunning
- Dream of a Miner's Child - Phyllis Boyens
- And Am I Born to Die? - Doc Watson
- Clay County Miner - Hazel Dickens
- One Morning in May - J.P. Fraley
- Which Side Are You On? - Florence Reece
- They'll Never Keep Us Down - Hazel Dickens
Free Music Notes for Harlan County USA: Songs of the Coal Miner's Struggle
Free Music Review: A Musical History of the Struggle of the Coal Miner
Hit: 5 Stars
The songs on this CD is a history of the struggle of the common man in the coal mines. While the songs might seem dated they are none the less a musical tour of the struggle. It is a great CD to play when driving.
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The release of this compilation suggests that the coal miner's plight hasn't improved appreciably since the 1976 release of Barbara Kopple's 1976 documentary, Harlan County, USA. Few industries have inspired such impassioned folk music, as most of these 22 cuts depend more on the power and conviction of the musical testament than any polish in the performance. Almost a third of the selections feature activist Hazel Dickens, whose contributions to the soundtrack established her as the musical conscience of Kopple's film. Among the other highlights, the pinched harmonies of the Old Time String Band featuring Tracy Schwarz convey the faith of trapped miners in the heaven that awaits, while "Dark as a Dungeon" by Merle Travis remains one of the classics of the coal-mining songbook. A number of unvarnished, a cappella performances capture the essence of work that breaks your back, blackens your lungs, and ultimately takes your life. Many of the others are story songs of union heroes, management villains, mines closed, and lives lost. None of it is easy listening, for this is not an easy way to make a living. --Don McLeeseCountry Music CDs
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