Coal Creek Disaster

Title

Coal Creek Disaster

Digital Object

Performer

Jackson, Aunt Molly

Date Recorded

1939-27-05

AFS Number

2539A

AFC Collection

AFC 1939/012

AFC Collection Name

Alan Lomax recordings of Aunt Molly Jackson

AFC Catalog Record

Editor Note

Followed by discussion of composition, inspired by the Fraterville explosion in Coal Creek, Tenn., in 1902 (not 1905 as Jackson says).

Genre

topical song
ballad

Instrumentation

vocal

State

New York

County

New York

Town

New York (Ny.)

Citation

“Coal Creek Disaster,” Alan Lomax Kentucky Recordings, accessed March 28, 2024, https://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/show/1359.