Born in Sharps Chapel, Tennessee the daughter and wife of coal miners, she is best known for the song, "Which Side Are You On?" Oh tell me how you can?Will you be a lousy scab or will you be a man?Which side are you on, boys? One of Hazel Dickens's most powerful songs, "Black Lung," is a tribute to Robert, who died of the disease, as did two of her brothers-in-law and "countless cousins." Her … Which Side on … In this rare video from 1978, she sings one of her most treasured songs. Hazel Dickens is similar to these musical artists: Chris Jones (bluegrass), Claire Lynch, Harley Allen and more. Hazel Dickens (1925-2011) was a bluegrass and folk music singer and guitarist. 68805206, citing Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave . Hazel Dickens's folk song lyrics of 'United we stand, divided we fall' and Florence Reece's lyrics for "Which Side Are You On?" Musical artists similar to or like Hazel Dickens. The film received a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, the aggregator site. The other America has lost their champion. Now who’s gonna stand up? It's such a beautiful thing, because it is rare to think of southern, more conservative folk fighting for social rights. Hazel Dickens' plaintive voice on "Black Lung" makes your skin crawl. posted by kalessin at 10:22 AM on September 1, 2018 [ 2 favorites ] Praise be to Nero's Neptune, the Titanic sails at dawn She even recorded a Bob Dylan song, Only a Hobo, which she recognized derived from a song she had grown up on, Only a Miner, and brought it kicking and screaming back into a full on old-time string band arrangement, far from Bob’s gravelly early Woody Guthrie vocal, guitar and harmonica. Dickens voice recaptured the sense of outrage at injustice that sparked the great Florence Reece (author of Which Side Are You On) and Aunt Molly Jackson (I Am a Union Woman), while her musical arrangements leaned more towards Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys. The refrain ("Which side are you on...") is played on the 4th and 3rd strings: 4th string/open, 4th string/3rd fret, 4th string at 5th fret, 3rd string/ open. Hazel Dickens' involvement with both the music and struggles of the coal miner was part of her birthright. The disc is well populated with moving unionist coal mining protest songs of renowned folk artist Helen Dickens. All Material Copyright © 2001- 2021 FolkWorks. But here’s the other side of that argument. His books include Country Music U.S.A. and Don't Get above Your Raisin': Country Music and the Southern Working Class. I found it riveting from the opening to the end. Hazel Dickens was born on June 1, 1935 in Mercer County, West Virginia, and died on Earth Day, April 22, 2011, at a hospice in Washington, DC, from complications of pneumonia. [F C D G Am Dm] Chords for Hazel Dickens / The Rebel Girl with capo transposer, play along with guitar, piano, ukulele & mandolin. Fire in the Hole, Hazel Dickens. All rights reserved. … Her bright, strong and singular delivery makes a good foundation for this record. Which Side Are You On, Florence Reece. Florence Reece. Hazel Dickens (1925-2011) was a bluegrass and folk music singer and guitarist. 19. Rebel Girl, Hazel Dickens. His books include Country Music U.S.A. and Don't Get above Your Raisin': Country Music and the Southern Working Class. Hazel Dickens' plaintive voice on "Black Lung" makes your skin crawl. Which side are you on?Oh, workers can you stand it? The twin streams of music and mining flowed through Hazel’s veins into a river of song. A video short featuring Billy Bragg and Hazel Dickens (a short bit of "Which side are you on" starts at 1:17). They were the heart and soul of real country music, though Nashville’s network of country music radio stations wouldn’t touch either one of them with a lap steel guitar. posted by kalessin at 10:22 AM on September 1, 2018 [ 2 favorites ] Praise be to Nero's Neptune, the Titanic sails at dawn – Coal and Blood, Part 2. "), going right back down those same notes. Which Side Are You On. It's such a beautiful thing, because it is rare to think of southern, more conservative folk fighting for social rights. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Hazel Dickens. She was the first woman to receive the Merit Award from the International Bluegrass Music Association. They’ll Never Keep Us Down, Hazel Dickens. var addy1848c3ab0d866a7cf38d5f59dde072c4 = 'greygoosemusic' + '@'; Florence Reece (née Patton; b. April 12, 1900, d. August 3, 1986) was an American social activist, poet, and folksong writer. This puts her at odds, perhaps, with the prevailing cultural conviction that it is within our power to keep all … Her music became the soundtrack for two documentaries on coal mining, Barbara Kopple's Harlan County, U.S.A. and John Sayles Matewan. Hazel Dickens. Instrumental performed by David Morris 's Band Which Side Are You On Written and Sung by Florence Reece (as Florence Reese) Additional lyrics by Joshua Waletzky (as Josh Waletzky) Album A Few Old Memories. Barbara Kopple's Harlan County, USA was one of the most important and powerful political documentaries of the 1970s, a startling and compelling look at a bitter coal miner's strike in Kentucky in the early '70s, and this DVD release of the film from The Criterion Collection treats Kopple's work like the masterpiece it is. His books include Country Music U.S.A. and Don't Get above Your Raisin': Country Music and the Southern Working Class. No one else went as deep to get it—that elusive authenticity of true folk music. Dickens moved to Washington. Hazel Dickens turns out to be the star of Barbara Kopple's 1976 masterpiece Harlan County USA. American bluegrass singer, songwriter, double bassist and guitarist. Posted on Feb 23, 2015 by Patrick Blackman January 19, 2016. 1:41 PREVIEW They'll Never Keep Us Dowm. She was the first woman to receive the Merit Award from the International Bluegrass Music Association. "He's had more hard luck than most men could stand/ The mines was his first love but never his friend," opens "Black Lung," a tune penned by West Virginia bluegrass singer Hazel Dickens in 1969. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com: accessed ), memorial page for Hazel Dickens (1 Jun 1925–22 Apr 2011), Find a Grave Memorial no. "They'll Never Keep Us Down" is the perfect song to encapsulate everything Kopple's documentary delves into. A video short featuring Billy Bragg and Hazel Dickens (a short bit of "Which side are you on" starts at 1:17). They always do. But Hazel wouldn’t budge; she wouldn’t perform without her band. And that is why I have signed copies of her records, including They’ll Never Keep Us Down: Women’s Coal Mining Songs. Hazel Dickens 's folk song lyrics of 'United we stand, divided we fall' and Florence Reece 's lyrics for "Which Side Are You On?" addyc93f571f800edfc9a8d71f8d2ce7ff76 = addyc93f571f800edfc9a8d71f8d2ce7ff76 + 'sunsethall' + '.' + 'org'; Emmy Lou Harris recorded her and Alice Gerrard’s arrangement of the Carter Family’s Hello Stranger and Naomi and Wynonna Judd were inspired to perform together by Hazel and Alice’s recording of The Sweetest Gift (A Mother’s Smile). Bill C. Malone is a professor emeritus of history at Tulane University. Call 323-660-5277 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. In which he played benefit gigs for striking American miners in the 80s, was my introduction to Hazel Dickens. give one the full-flavor of the miners' mood and the union fervor sweeping the mining community in the black mountains of Appalachia." As her father once told her, “Nothing’s too good for the working class.”. Florence Reece. That is why Hazel Dickens' music is timeless; her voice was dug out of the ground just like the coal of which she sang. Come all of you good workers, good news to you I'll tell,Of how the good old Union has come in here to dwell.Which side are you on, boys? Which side are you on?Which side are you on, boys? Twice in recent weeks I’ve delved into Hazel Dickens’s work to find songs that walk the line between life and death in America’s coal fields. 16,665 listeners View all similar artists. Born in Sharps Chapel, Tennessee the daughter and wife of coal miners, she is best known for the song, "Which Side Are You On?" Nor did she shy away from the coal miner’s daughter, Loretta Lynn. Hazel Jane Dickens (June 1, 1935 – April 22, 2011) was an American bluegrass singer, songwriter, double bassist and guitarist. give one the full-flavor of the miners' mood and the union fervor sweeping the mining community in the black mountains of Appalachia." Hazel Dickens. 19. var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; An even better comparison for the vocals might be Hazel Dickens, the fearless, mountain-grown warbler who helped deliver coal mining union songs to … We owe her a lot, and no better way to pay than to continue her fight. The other singers do equally well in painting the picture of Appalachian coal and it ain't pretty. CMT.com : Hazel Dickens : Artist Main CMT.com presents complete Hazel Dickens information including News, Discography, Message Board, Awards and more. My daddy was a miner And I'm a miner's son And I'll stick with the union Till every battle's won (CHORUS) They say in Harlan County (2) There are no neutrals there You'll either be a union man Or a thug for J.H. Her music is characterized by not only her "high lonesome" singing style, but also by … The eighth of eleven children, her brothers were West Virginia coal miners, though her father himself was a preacher who also hauled timber for a living. September 05, 2020; Linda Fahey; Folk Alley Radio Show; by Linda Fahey. One of Hazel Dickens's most powerful songs, "Black Lung," is a tribute to Robert, who died of the disease, as did two of her brothers-in-law and "countless cousins." Dot didn’t care about the band; she just wanted Hazel to sing her songs. Together they recorded two albums for Folkways Records. Which Side Are You On? for tickets and information. She minced no words in songs like Cold Blooded Murder about the assassination of United Mine Workers executive Jock Yablonski, “Well, it’s cold blooded murder, friends, I’m talking about. Hazel Dickens’s folk song lyrics of ‘United we Stand, divided we Fall’ and Florence Reece’s lyrics of ‘Which Side are you On?’ give one the full-flavor of the miners’ community in the black mountains of Appalachia. Hazel Dickens, though at first regarded as a bluegrass singer, came out of the clear tradition of protest folk—the same tradition that nurtured labor troubadour Joe Hill, Dust Bowl balladeer Woody Guthrie, and coal miner singing organizers Aunt Molly Jackson, Sarah Ogan Gunning and Florence Reece. She sang old folk songs, honoured ancestors of choice like Sarah Ogan Gunning, Nimrod Workman and Florence Reece – source of the strident anthem "Which Side Are you On?" Look out, God, here comes Hazel! Together they managed to keep it going for more than twenty years, until Bill passed away from Parkinson’s disease and Dot came down with Alzheimer’s. About “Which Side Are You On?” 2 contributors The song was originally written by a union activist during the Harlan County War. All Hazel had to do in that movie was to recapture the voice and look of an original Appalachian ballad singer from 1916, when this American and  British folklorist first got the idea to search out British folk songs in the hills and hollers of Kentucky and West Virginia. Which side are you on?Which side are you on, boys? Lord, who’s gonna fight?” And she never succumbed to sentimental braggadocio at the heart of commercial country music, where one could make a fortune by being “proud to be a coal-miner’s daughter” so long as one never accused the mine owners of murder. Rounder Records has also added related material drawn mostly from two earlier album releases, 1972's Come All You Coal Miners and 1984's They'll Never Keep Us Down: Women's … Hills of Home Lyrics. (Hazel Dickens has two albums of her own on Folkways; several others, recorded with her former partner, Alice Gerrard, are on Rounder Records, an obscure Boston label.) ... Hazel Dickens. Which side are you on?My daddy was a miner, and I'm a miner's son.And I'll stick with the Union till every battle's won.Which side are you on, boys? By Joe Atkins, Labor South I remember the first time I heard Hazel Dickens sing her classic Black Lung and thinking how rare it is you hear such raw, honest emotion in a song. “Which Side Are You On?” and other songs from the film’s soundtrack appear on Coal Mining Women (Rounder). Hazel Dickens turns out to be the star of Barbara Kopple's 1976 masterpiece Harlan County USA. And she also needed a most remarkable woman who would devote three years of her life to bringing one great American artist to a small community on the edge of the desert. Nor did she shy away from the coal miner’s daughter, Loretta Lynn. No one ever had to ask Hazel Dickens: “Which side are you on?” Every day of her life was a tribute to her choice of sides. Hazel Dickens, who died Friday at 75, was a bluegrass pioneer. These are my people and this reviewers heart was tugged by these sad songs. var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; Which Side Are You On? This page needs JavaScript activated to work. Like Justice Potter Stewart once said in another connection, you can’t define it, but you know it when you hear it. They belonged proudly to the working class, what the IWW used to call wage slaves, those who barely entered the consciousness of most Americans before Michael Harrington’s friend Bobby Kennedy went down to Appalachia and brought a camera crew with him, to shine a bright light on Americans who had long ago been forgotten and consigned to the dark underbelly of the American nightmare, for whom there was no way out and no way up. – Coal and Blood, Part 2. Later on, Hazel was featured on camera as the informant in the fictionalized portrait of early field collector of Appalachian music  Olive Dame Campbell in the movie Songcatcher, which in real life led to the publication of Campbell and Cecil Sharp's classic text English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians. A discography of commercial sound recordings of bluegrass music, that portion of the country/folk music universe which was based largely on the string band music of Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, the Stanley Brothers, and others, originating in the mid-1940s. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. document.getElementById('cloak1848c3ab0d866a7cf38d5f59dde072c4').innerHTML = ''; written in 1931 during a strike by the United Mine Workers of America in which her husband, Sam Reece, was an organizer. Then sing the second phrase, same words ("Which side are you on. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1976 Vinyl release of Hazel Dickens And Alice Gerrard on Discogs. No one ever had to ask Hazel Dickens: “Which side are you on?” Every day of her life was a tribute to her choice of sides. Which side are you on?Which side are you on, boys? I don’t think there is another singer in the country that could have really pulled it off. Thanks to Dot, Hazel Dickens became a part of my life—not just a name and not just a voice on a record, but a tough-minded, strong-willed original woman and artist, who would not give a concert that was anything less than her best—and for that she needed her band. “Which Side Are You On” by Florence Reece – Lyrics Florence Reece wrote the song in 1931, in the midst of Bloody Harlan, or The Harlan County War. Hazel Dickens is joined by Billy Bragg singing "Which Side Are You On?' Written and Sung by Hazel Dickens. I highly recommend Harlan County, USA. If you want background music, forget this CD. Several of the songs on this intense collection were featured in Barbara Kopple's powerful 1976 documentary Harlan County, USA which followed a 13-month United Mine Workers' strike in Harlan County, KY in 1973. Blair (3) This song was originally posted on protestsonglyrics.net You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Several of the songs on this intense collection were featured in Barbara Kopple's powerful 1976 documentary Harlan County, USA which followed a 13-month United Mine Workers' strike in Harlan County, KY in 1973. Which side are you on?Which side are you on, boys? "They'll Never Keep Us Down" is the perfect song to encapsulate everything Kopple's documentary delves into. Which side are you on? A little over half of the songs here originally appeared on They'll Never Keep Us Down (Rounder). Come all of you good workers, good news to you I'll tell,Of how the good old Union has come in here to dwell.Which side are you on, boys? It's been said that Hazel Dickens writes songs about two kinds of pain: the kind you can fix, like economic injustice, and the kind you can't, like heartbreak and death. But that didn’t stop some of Nashville’s finest and best known singers from recording her songs, including Dolly Parton, Kathy Mattea and New Riders of the Purple Sage. Topic. It always does. addy1848c3ab0d866a7cf38d5f59dde072c4 = addy1848c3ab0d866a7cf38d5f59dde072c4 + 'aol' + '.' + 'com'; Accordingly, of all the wonderful folk singers Dot brought out to Riverside, including Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger, Mike Seeger and Pete Seeger, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, cowboy ballad singer Glenn Ohrlin, and contemporary Wobbly U. Utah Phillips, none mattered to her as much as Hazel Dickens. I don’t know if there’s an angel’s union in heaven, but my guess is there might be one soon. HOW CAN I KEEP FROM TALKING / Ross Altman. But though often categorized as a feminist songwriter (which was certainly accurate, as far as it went), Dickens nonetheless had no qualms about recording with men too, including Mike Seeger and Tracy Schwartz—two of the founding members of The New Lost City Ramblers—and most significantly, coal miner ballad singer Nimrod Workman, who like Hazel Dickens stood out for the sheer bedrock honesty of his singing. The other singers do equally well in painting the picture of Appalachian coal and it ain't pretty. She started her recording career in 1965, one year after LBJ declared "War on Poverty," and while she ignored the musical revolution going on around her, mostly up north at the Newport Folk Festival and out west at the Monterey Pop Festival, she was a true revolutionary in terms of the world she was committed to changing—the world of intractable poverty identified with Harlan County, Kentucky and the small mining towns in her home state of West Virginia. Hazel Dickens @ eFolkMusic efolkmusic.org, a nonprofit supporting folk music and musicians. The 1976 album Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard (not to be confused with their earlier recording Hazel and Alice) is dissected, a release that came out after the unlikely duo already broke up. 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