"Hazel Dickens: It's Hard to Tell the Singer From the Song" clip

[MimiPickering]

Hello Arnold. Glad to hear from you. Your dad Arnold plays music with Hazel in the full video. It was a great pleasure to meet him and your mom, and all the members of Hazel's family. I miss her terribly, as I sure you all do. But we will always have her wonderful music!

[ArnoldDickens]

She's my Dads Sister, My Aunt I still have the card Mrs. Pickering sent to my Mom & Dad.

It rests with a lot of other cherished items given to me by Mom, Dad and Aunt Hazel. She acomplished a lot during her time with us and had much to be proud of.

[Sparrowhawk155]

I met her at IBMA and at the Grey Fox Festival. I miss her as there will never ever be a stronger voice for those of us who draw a paycheck.

[MimiPickering]

@Sparrowhawk155

Your words about Hazel are so very true!

[ChgoChef]

RIP She was my dad's cousin.

[verbaud]

I am the son of a coal miners daughter. God bless our loving hearts. Rest in Peace, Miss Hazel Dickens.

[MimiPickering]

@verbaud

Hazel wrote those songs for all the coalminers and their sons and daughters

[redhairity]

You were an inspiration to so many people. RIP Union Maid.

[dapvettes]

Hazel Dickens, RIP. Powerful voice from a powerful gal.  Loretta Lynn is the Coal Miner's Daughter, and Hazel Dickens is the Coal Miner's Heroine.

[lclyman1]

Thank you for your voice and the music you gave us!

[jimmacke]

She never forgot the miners and they will never forget her. Thank you Hazel for looking out for for our workers.

[phylmom]

Thank you Billy Bragg.  What a wonderful concert that was.

[alewis615]

Wonderful to see this again, Mimi! Thank you for the posting.



[HEADSUPBERKELEY]

MY EARLY HERO HAS GONE. SHE WILL BE MISSED THIS BRIGHT SPIRIT OF SONG WITH MEANING AND HEART. <3 <3

[unclejeff64]

RIP Hazel.

[ciderbow]

R.I.P

[UnionReview]

Hazel was such a fantastic performer who always stood up for working people. How lucky we are to have so much wonderful music left behind.

Hazel, thanks for your fight, now rest.

[EJS1958]

Billy Bragg: Just heard the sad news that the bluegrass performer Hazel Dickens has died. She was a great union supporting singer and songwriter in the tradition of Aunt Molly Jackson and Florence Reece, who wrote 'Which Side Are You On'. I had the pleasure of doing a miners benefit with her in Chapel Hill North Carolina in 1988. She also recorded the definitive version of 'Long Black Veil' with Alice Gerrard in the 1960s

[Sparrowhawk155]

Hazel has left us today. No details, She was one of a kind.

[bulbheadmyass]

Wonderful video, great songs, I love everything Hazel sings. Thanks for posting this treasure.

[narongwr]

This is a great video, I love it. Hazel Dickens was really great performer and a powerful protest leader, I like her voice and her activities.

[PineyBob]

Hazel Dickens music will just tear your skin off.

[ringbolt9]

awesome

[melissaschoenstra]

I love this video!