Coal Creek Disaster
Dublin Core
Title
Coal Creek Disaster
Alan Lomax Recording Item Type Metadata
Digital Object
Performer
Jackson, Aunt Molly
Date Recorded
1939-27-05
AFS Number
2539A
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
Instrumentation
vocal
State
New York
County
New York
Town
New York (Ny.)
Citation
“Coal Creek Disaster,” Alan Lomax Kentucky Recordings, accessed May 19, 2026, https://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/show/1359.