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 January 17, 2025, https://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/show/1359.