Coal Miner's Blues

from Bowling Green by Alice Gerrard & Mike Seeger

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(A.P. Carter) Learned from the Carter Family

Recorded at a concert in Tokyo, Japan in 1970 and originally released on King (Japan) LP SKK 662.

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SOME BLUES ARE JUST BLUES
MINE ARE THE MINER'S BLUES
MY TROUBLES ARE COMING
BY THREES AND BY TWOS

BLUES & MORE BLUES
IT'S THAT COAL BLACK BLUES
GOT COAL IN MY HAIR
GOT COAL IN MY SHOES

YOU SAY THEY ARE BLUES
THESE OLD MINER'S BLUES
NOW I MUST HAVE SHARPENED
THESE PICKS THAT I USE

THESE BLUES ARE SO BLUE
THEY ARE THE DOAL BLACK BLUES
MY PLACE WILL CAVE IN
MY LIFE I WILL LOSE.

I’M OUT WITH THESE BLUES
THE DIRTY COAL BLACK BLUES
WE’LL LAY OFF TOMORROW
WITH THE COAL MINER'S BLUES.

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from Bowling Green, released January 1, 2008
Vocal duet
Alice-lead guitar
Mike-2d guitar

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Alice Gerrard Durham, North Carolina

A singer and songwriter, Alice’s recordings with Hazel Dickens during the 1960s and ’70s influenced a generation of women musicians from Laurie Lewis to the Judds. Nominated for a Grammy in 2015, she was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Assoc. Hall of Fame in 2017. A documentary film about Alice, "You Gave Me a Song" premiered at the Full Frame Independent Film Festival in 2019. ... more

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