The Harlan County Blues (part 2)
Title
The Harlan County Blues (part 2)
Digital Object
Performer
Davis, George
Date Recorded
1937-10-17
AFS Number
1529B1
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFC Catalog Record
Editor Note
AFS card identifies this as "Harlan Jail," 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
ballad
Instrumentation
vocal
guitar
State
Kentucky
County
Perry
Town
Hazard
Collection
Citation
“The Harlan County Blues (part 2),” Alan Lomax Kentucky Recordings, accessed March 28, 2024, https://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/show/962.