Johnny Cash

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9 years ago

Jean Malan

His voice is so haunting in this song, damn.

9 years ago

d1ckyj0nes

He uses both "choke damp" and then "black damp" in the second next sentence. Aren't these the same thing?

10 years ago

Bone oftheHam

Good stuff!

10 years ago

Tony2581

Johnny Cash was the coal miner's friend. He knew that coal miners have to fight daily for a safe & healthy workplace. To hear how miners who make safety complaints today are treated by outlaw coal operators, check out Raymond Crooke's song "Big Coal Don't Like This Man At All" on YouTube. It tells the true story of Kentucky coal miner Charles Scott Howard, who stood up for safety at an underground mine operated by Arch Coal and was fired as a result. He filed a whistleblower case, won his job back and is working in the mines again!

10 years ago

Lennon Hinds

Check out my cover of this song on my youtube channel! i love Johnny Cash!

10 years ago

thesandsie13the2nd

it's so very true even today with all the safety precausions we have men still die. my great grandpa and grand da' went down the mines. got blacklisted for trying to start a union in the mines in the 1920's.

11 years ago

Tony2581

Johnny knew that Appalachian coal miners had to fight daily for a safe workplace.To hear how miners who make safety complaints today are treated by non-union coal operators, check out Raymond Crooke's song "Big Coal Don't Like This Man At All" on YouTube. It tells the true story of Kentucky coal miner Charles Scott Howard, who stood up for safety at a mine operated by Arch Coal and was fired as a result. He filed a whistleblower case, won his job back, and is working in the mines again!

11 years ago

Tony2581

Nice intro by Johnny !

12 years ago

alextheredrobert

Great video! Thank you so much for posting this! This is one of my favorite songs to cover! Such dangerous work indeed, don't know how them miner folks do it, my hat's off to them.

12 years ago