The Death of the Blue Eagle
Title
The Death of the Blue Eagle
Digital Object
Performer
Davis, George
Date Recorded
1937-10-17
AFS Number
1529A2
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFC Catalog Record
Editor Note
AFS card identifies this as "The NRA," performed by "union organizer George Davis," who was known locally as "the Singing Miner." The title given here is taken from Davis' 1967 Folkways LP "When Kentucky Had No Union Men."
Genre
topical song
Instrumentation
vocal
guitar
State
Kentucky
County
Perry
Town
Hazard
Collection
Citation
“The Death of the Blue Eagle,” Alan Lomax Kentucky Recordings, accessed April 25, 2024, https://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/show/961.