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3:34

3 weeks ago

Great American Taxi -"Blair Mountain"

Great American Taxi doing "Blair Mountain" at State Bridge in Bond, CO 110918 Video by DMTv

digitalmediatvision • 286 views

silverwhistle commented:

Great song, great story! Blair Mountain must be saved!
7:08

1 month ago

Terror of the Tug 2008

Here is a collection of pictures taken from the 2008 installment of Terror of the Tug, a play written by Jean Battlo about the coal wars of souther...

cathead77 • 2,225 views

silverwhistle commented:

@cathead77 A pity, that. It is an extraordinary story. I've introduced several friends and family members to it, via your music and songs online, and the excellent 'Even the Heavens Weep' documentary. We'd seen and loved the film 'Matewan' some years ago, of course, but the full, real story is in...
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1 month ago

Even the Heavens Weep Part 4

Strikes, Killing Union Organizers, Hired Company Thugs , Professional Strike Breakers. WW1 SId Hatfield

RedneckPartyInc • 365 views

silverwhistle commented:

Stirring stuff!

And I think I have acquired another historical pin-up... ;-D
9:35

1 month ago

Even the Heavens Weep Part 5 (Red Bandanna)

Governor declares Marshall Law. Sid Hatfield and Ed Chambers Murdered in Broad Daylight in front of the Court House steps. Eyewitness Account! The ...

RedneckPartyInc • 211 views

silverwhistle commented:

The eyewitness account of Sallie weeping over Ed's body is heartbreaking... Poor kids! Horrifying that this is all so (comparatively) recent. Things were tough over here in the UK (my grandfather was blacklisted by some shipping firms for organising in the '30s) but people weren't being killed: t...
3:53

1 month ago

The Michael Elam Band-Matewan

http://www.archive.org/deta...

The Michael Elam Band-Matewan (2008 Blue Harvest Records)

Based on the Matewa...

sahmbedah • 275 views

silverwhistle commented:

Great song! Thanks for sharing!
3:31

1 month ago

In The Sweet By and By - Stacy Grubb and Alan Cathead Johnston

Here's a song my daughter, Stacy, and I recorded maybe a couple of years back. Stacy sang the lead and a harmony vocal. I sang a harmony vocal and ...

cathead77 • 377 views

silverwhistle commented:

Hi again, Alan! Truly exquisite performances and lyrical video, though I must admit the tongue-in-cheek 'alternative' lyrics by another of my union heroes, Joe Hill, are more my style... ;-D
3:08

1 month ago

Which Side are You On? March on Blair Mountain

Singing the song of the common person advocating for basic rights and dignity.

"Come all you good people, the truth to you I'll tell...us poor fol...

greatwhitehype27 • 284 views

silverwhistle commented:

Magnificent!
2:04

2 months ago

Hazel Dickens - Fire in the hole

"You can tell them in the country, tell them in the town

Miners down in Mingo laid their shovels down

we won't pull another pillar, load another to...

Kamraton • 28,062 views

silverwhistle commented:

This song was written for the splendid film 'Matewan', in which Hazel appeared and sang. Great film (inspired by a real episode in the WV Mine Wars), great song, great lady.
2:45

2 months ago

Joe Glazer - The Rebel Girl

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ccraigd89 • 845 views

silverwhistle commented:

One of my favourite Joe Hill songs! Many thanks for putting this online! I have the Rosie 'A Woman's Place' badge, too!
8:37

3 months ago

N30 - Glasgow March

The November 30 day of action to defend pensions was the biggest strike in a generation.

UniteScotland • 737 views

silverwhistle commented:

Oh struth...! I'm the Wobbly with the Sabocat-ears!
2:03

4 months ago

Gregory Brumfield Sings Joe Hill at Rainbow Bookstore

IWW songwriter Joe Hill was executed by firing squad in Utah on November 19, 1915. The slogan "Don't Mourn, Organize!" emerged from a letter he wro...

zolareturns • 97 views

silverwhistle commented:

Beautiful!
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4 months ago

Sid Hatfield-The Southern West Virginia Coal Wars

This song was written about a true story that happened right in my home town of Welch, WV. David Grubb and I wrote the song. We are both McDowell C...

cathead77 • 7,205 views

silverwhistle commented:

PS:

We lived in a mining area of Stirlingshire during the 1980s miners' strike, and though life was tough for the mining families then,and their industry destroyed, there wasn't the hellish brutality of 1920s WVa. Even in early 20C here, there wasn't that level of violence against strikers: tank...
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4 months ago

Teardrops of Angels - Alan Cathead Johnston

This song is about a true story. Sid Hatfield and Ed Chambers were murdered on the court house steps in Welch, WV in 1921 by Baldwin-Felts thugs. T...

cathead77 • 2,003 views

silverwhistle commented:

Great stuff! Thank you!
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4 months ago

Shootout in Matewan, West Virginia, May 19, 1920

A contingent of the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency arrived on the no. 29 morning train with orders to evict families that had been living at the St...

rhmooney3 • 10,068 views

silverwhistle commented:

It was the agency spy CE Lively who accused Sid of killing the Mayor. Also it was Ed Chambers to whom Lively gave the coup de grace. Sid died instantly from chest wounds. The death certificates are online.
2:37

5 months ago

Ducks are evil

A song called "March of the Sinister Ducks" accompanied by some pics to illustrate how evil ducks really are ... enjoy

maddogmaddox • 4,076 views

silverwhistle commented:

A cult song of my student days! Glad it's still appreciated!
3:41

5 months ago

Joe Hill's 'THE PREACHER AND THE SLAVE' played by Harry K McClintock

Joe Hill's song 'The Preacher and the Slave' (tune by J.P. Webster) played by Harry K McClintock with a brief interview by Sam Eskin.

Recorded Fe...

Rogermiler • 3,473 views

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  silverwhistle commented:
  
  Excellent historic version, with great visuals! Poor, brave, beautiful Joe!
3:19

5 months ago

647. The Preacher and the Slave [Pie In the Sky] (Joe Hill)

Joel Emmanuel Hägglund, also known as Joseph Hillström, and best known as Joe Hill (1879 or 1882 - 1915) was a Swedish American songwriter and labo...

raymondcrooke • 9,590 views

silverwhistle commented:

@woodyshakey

It would be good if he could get fully cleared. I'm sure he would laugh and tell us to spend the time campaigning for the living, but symbolically it would be a fine gesture...
3:21

6 months ago

Mischief Brew - The Preacher And The Slave

Mischef Brew doing Joe Hill's the preacher and the slave

jonssonx • 2,688 views

silverwhistle commented:

Great song! And a lovely photo of the author!
3:30

6 months ago

Ani DiFranco & Utah Phillips : 'Pie In The Sky'

'Pie In The Sky' -- lyrics by Joe Hill; Tune traditional. Taken from the album 'Fellow Workers', Righteous Babe Records, 1999. Performed by Ani DiF...

AndyFleming • 26,182 views

silverwhistle commented:

Terrific fun, and accurately observed! Joel Hägglund/Hillstrom/Hill – taken from us far too soon, but thanks for all the songs!
7:45

6 months ago

Joe Hill

Joe Hill by Phil Ochs

gobelcher • 8,468 views

silverwhistle commented:

A splendid tribute.
8:34

6 months ago

JOE HILL

The true story of Joe Hill, IWW activist and songwriter.

(IWW = the folks that brought us the "weekend", and the 8 hour day, and bought it for all...

supermax1776 • 98,593 views

silverwhistle commented:

Excellent, but heart-breaking: brave, beautiful Joel. Am pleased to note that recent research (Adler's biography) has pretty much confirmed that this was a hideous miscarriage of justice, and identified the likely culprit.
3:01

6 months ago

Paul Robeson, "Joe Hill"

Robeson singing the famous labor ballad with photo overlay.

longjulian • 150,318 views

silverwhistle commented:

Magnificent – the song, the singer and the subject!
3:37

11 months ago

Matt McGinn - Ballad of John MacLean

Tell me whaur ye're gaun, lad,

An who ye're gaun tae meet

A'm headed for the station

That's in Buchanan Street,

A'll join 200,000

That's there tae...

bigmanio • 29,658 views

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3:31

1 year ago

muerte de claudio frollo

escena de la muerte de claudio frollo en su versión original!!!!

pablodavid1981 • 1,972 views

silverwhistle commented:

I am trying to work out what happened: it was difficult to see. Did Quasimodo stab him?
4:58

1 year ago

Dennis DeYoung Bailiwick Theatre Crew Hunchback Notre Dame

Former Styx frontman Dennis DeYoung offers a preview of his upcoming theatre work the Hunchback of Notre Dame, premering in May of 2008 at the Bail...

wgn • 7,160 views

silverwhistle commented:

Lovely! I'm so glad, too, that Dennis regards the book as Claude's story , above all (Theatermania interview). And this young singer will be very good in the role.
4:51

1 year ago

Duran Duran Lonely In Your Nightmare (US Remix) **Very Rare**

Duran Duran's "Lonely In Your Nightmare", the very rare David Kershenbaum US Remix, which has never been issued on CD. Unfortunately I'm not allowe...

DuranFan09 • 4,275 views

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9:49

1 year ago

Esmeralda Ballet by Bolshoi - part 1

This is a record of the 1994 Russian ballet "La Esmeralda" by Bolshoi and Cesare Pugni for the music, with an introduction by someone I don't know ...

Hauntya • 13,734 views

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3:33

4 years ago

Labor Intus ¨Ja nuns hons pris¨

Labor Intus

Music director: German Rossi

Video director: Nicolas Di Mauro

nicolasdimauro • 8,083 views

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3:48

4 years ago

Labor Intus ¨Li nouviant¨

Labor Intus

Music director: German Rossi

Video director: Nicolas Di Mauro

nicolasdimauro • 1,102 views

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