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Which Side Are You On? – Coal and Blood, Part 2

Sing Out! Posted on February 23, 2015 by Patrick BlackmanJanuary 19, 2016

Twice in recent weeks I’ve delved into Hazel Dickens’s work to find songs that walk the line between life and death in America’s coal fields. “Black Lung” is no murder ballad, but we saw how it used Primitive Baptist singing … Continue reading →

Posted in Murder Ballad Monday | Tagged Coal Miners, Hazel Dickens, Labor Union, Murder Ballad, Pete Seeger

The Yablonski Murder – Coal and Blood, Part 1

Sing Out! Posted on February 16, 2015 by Patrick BlackmanJanuary 19, 2016

“Well it’s cold blooded murder friends, I’m talking about …” Such is the accusation that opens the angry chorus of “The Yablonski Murder.” Hazel Dickens penned the musical indictment in January of 1970 after she read the newspaper story describing what … Continue reading →

Posted in Murder Ballad Monday | Tagged Coal Miners, Hazel Dickens, Jock Yablonski, Labor Union, UMWA

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