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Komentáře • 188

  • @l.l4456
    @l.l4456 Před 5 měsíci +70

    Patty is from Kentucky. She is a cousin of Loretta Lynn who is also from Ky. The. Cumberland Mointains run through Kentucky. Harlan is a mining town in Eastern Ky. It has a brutal history, also known as bloody Harlan. That Bluegrass sound can touch the soul like no other!

    • @timgray3790
      @timgray3790 Před 3 měsíci +2

      The mountain she’s talking about when she says Cumberland mountain is between Cumberland and whitesburg ky

    • @gk5891
      @gk5891 Před 2 měsíci

      Incidentally she was also the first person to record a Chris Stapleton written song.

  • @stephaniewarrix9988
    @stephaniewarrix9988 Před 5 měsíci +53

    This wasn’t just the story from generations ago, this is still the story. My dad was a mechanic for the coal mines. This is Eastern Kentucky now.

    • @kimberlygrimm7007
      @kimberlygrimm7007 Před 5 měsíci +2

      My Daddy wasn't a coal miner but he drove Coal trucks and also was a mechanic on the coal trucks. He would come back home and get me after he went and got his truck in the mornings when school was out for Holidays and in the summer. He gave me a CB handle.

    • @djt8518
      @djt8518 Před 5 měsíci +2

      Wv now too my wife used to ride with her uncle in his truck she pulled the lever to raise the bed her dad took her in the mine sometimes

    • @harley4230
      @harley4230 Před 3 měsíci +3

      I live in Norway now but Im from Leslie which is the next county over from Harlan. My daddy and both brothers are all coal miners. This is absolutely eastern Kentucky still to this day. I may be thousands of miles away but that holler I grew up in is still home.

  • @mwallace2337
    @mwallace2337 Před 5 měsíci +55

    IMO this is the best performance of this great song. Respect to its creator, Darrell Scott. It was a dream come true when Chris Stapleton asked Loveless to perform it with him at the 2022 CMA Awards. And Stapleton, being the quality human being he is and always honoring the music, had Darrell Scott with them on that stage.

    • @Chris-yi3mo
      @Chris-yi3mo Před 5 měsíci +4

      So many Brilliant artists from eastern Kentucky.

    • @shawnj1966
      @shawnj1966 Před 5 měsíci +1

      I wouldn't say the best, but certainly right up there!

    • @cyndib511
      @cyndib511 Před 5 měsíci +2

      This is absolutely my favorite version.

    • @marleneobstnash5517
      @marleneobstnash5517 Před 4 měsíci +1

      I agree that this is the absolute best version

  • @markoehler2752
    @markoehler2752 Před 5 měsíci +20

    Probably the most talented & underrated artists in country/bluegrass history. She is phenomenal.

  • @paulwhite5840
    @paulwhite5840 Před 5 měsíci +36

    I have been a fan of Patty's since she released her first CD. She is the last of the Appalachian queens. Her place is among other greats like Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton.

    • @daleb1279
      @daleb1279 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Loretta Lynn and her sister Crystal Gayle are also distant cousins of Patty.

  • @amandahopecampbell2602
    @amandahopecampbell2602 Před 5 měsíci +14

    I’m from eastern Kentucky. Both of my grandfathers were coal miners. One died from black lung and the other had a steel rod in his leg and a limp until he died from being in a mine shaft collapse. The only advice my mother’s dad gave to my dad when my parents got married was to stay the hell out of the mines.

  • @rubyemes
    @rubyemes Před 2 měsíci +14

    what a great stank face as soon as she started singing. To me she is the greatest female country singer of all time. her version of this song with Chris and Morgane Stapleton is amazing. this is one of the greatest story songs of all time n country music and was chosen as the closing song each season for the great show Justified.

  • @matthewmctaggart7506
    @matthewmctaggart7506 Před 5 měsíci +23

    Harlan is deep in the mountains of eastern Kentucky. The mountains between Tennessee and Kentucky is the Cumberland Gap. Patty was born in Pikeville, KY.

    • @lindamosley922
      @lindamosley922 Před 4 měsíci +2

      Thank you! I was hoping somebody else would explain so I wouldn't have to!

  • @springersedawn
    @springersedawn Před 5 měsíci +12

    This is the story of many people all in the 20th century and even now.

  • @brookehornback1896
    @brookehornback1896 Před 5 měsíci +31

    Cumberland Gap is in Eastern Kentucky. Pineville, Harlan and Louisville all KY.Great reaction .

    • @jackiemonhollen5907
      @jackiemonhollen5907 Před 5 měsíci +4

      Actually, Cumberland Gap is in Tennessee. Harlan, Pineville, and Cumberland, Lynch is in Kentucky.

  • @elizabethhubbard1189
    @elizabethhubbard1189 Před 5 měsíci +11

    My great uncle passed from black lung from working the eastern ky coal mines. Harlin is a small town in the eastern ky mountains. My family is from there, this song is the story of many people from the region.

  • @larrywright3132
    @larrywright3132 Před 5 měsíci +20

    She was a cousin of Loretta Lynn’s. Some of her other songs are “You Don’t Even Know Who I Am”, “Pretty Polly”, with Ralph Stanley, and “How Can I Help You Say Goodbye”. She’s one of my favorite female singers

    • @jasonraines8282
      @jasonraines8282 Před 5 měsíci +1

      You don't even know who I am is one of the greatest drinking country songs ever

    • @donnaewe3692
      @donnaewe3692 Před 5 měsíci

      Facts ❤

  • @cynthiaadkins-zj9ut
    @cynthiaadkins-zj9ut Před 28 dny +2

    Both of my grandfathers mined coal in the Appalachian mountains. One was injured working underground and the other died of Black Lung (emphysema) due to inhaling coal dust for years. Patti's version of this classic always brings me to tears.

  • @mikehasamtfan
    @mikehasamtfan Před 5 měsíci +17

    If you want to listen to real Country Music, you can't go wrong with anything Patty Loveless sings

  • @chuckrangel7207
    @chuckrangel7207 Před 4 měsíci +9

    Welcome to Patty Loveless and bluegrass brother. God puts his gifts of voice into special people Patty is one example.

  • @pamela1144
    @pamela1144 Před 5 měsíci +26

    "Justified" with Timothy Olyphant as Deputy Marshall Raylan Givens and Walton Goggins as Boyd Crowderwas an amazing series set in eastern Kentucky. Phenomenal show! They use this song several times. Excellent, excellent series. Well written and acted showing the some of the culture of that region. Of course there are plenty of outlaws.
    Great reaction!!

    • @katrinaprescott5911
      @katrinaprescott5911 Před 5 měsíci +2

      If I recall correctly, it is set literally in Harlan, KY.

    • @pamela1144
      @pamela1144 Před 5 měsíci

      @@katrinaprescott5911 Yes, I forgot...😳 Life is tough sometimes. Blessings 😊

    • @katrinaprescott5911
      @katrinaprescott5911 Před 5 měsíci +3

      @@pamela1144 It's been a while since I watched it but I recall being amused by how fast they seemed to be able to travel between Lexington and Harlan. I am from Kentucky. That is a pretty substantial drive 😊

    • @pamela1144
      @pamela1144 Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@katrinaprescott5911 Yes, that would be funny knowing what you know. I hated all the killing, I really did, but the story and the characters were so rich, I couldn't stop watching. Mags was so good. The dance between Raylon and Boyd was something else. Couldn't stand Winona!

    • @katrinaprescott5911
      @katrinaprescott5911 Před 5 měsíci

      @@pamela1144 my whole family is from Eastern Kentucky. They did a pretty good job with the details with one notable exception: every single actor had straight, dazzlingly white teeth. That, uh, didn't fit. 🤣 It was so obvious to me that it was really distracting. Every time somebody opened their mouth I noticed those gleaming choppers.

  • @samcat1291
    @samcat1291 Před 5 měsíci +9

    What happen is Harlan was historic, unbelievable and true....

  • @montymetcalfe1982
    @montymetcalfe1982 Před 5 měsíci +7

    Patty is my favorite female country vocalist and isn’t even close. Had the honor to see her live 4:23 several times and she killed it.

  • @jefferydsmith9966
    @jefferydsmith9966 Před 4 měsíci +4

    When I hear Patty, I hear the mountains. I also hear the Irish/Scottish sound that arrived in those mountains a long time ago.

  • @ryansheehan9462
    @ryansheehan9462 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Oh my god that voice! I started tearing up the second she started singing

  • @cindyphifer970
    @cindyphifer970 Před 5 měsíci +30

    Patty is one of the best female country singers ever

  • @henrybyler4470
    @henrybyler4470 Před 5 měsíci +5

    Harlen, Kentucky, major coal mining area.
    You did Vince Gill when he did the George Jones Memorial, "Go rest High on that Mountain." This is the same Patty Loveless that sang with Vince when he had a hard time getting thru it.
    She is one of the queens of country music, for sure.

  • @Sweetfarmers
    @Sweetfarmers Před 5 měsíci +6

    You asked to hear more from Patty when you watch her sing with Vince Gill at George Jones funeral. She has a wonderful catalog of music. You would probably love her singing with Chris Stapleton. They did a wonderful job performing her song You Don’t Even Know Who I Am.

    • @thomasirvin4159
      @thomasirvin4159 Před 4 měsíci +1

      They did this song as well, it was breathtaking.

  • @melissacaddell2604
    @melissacaddell2604 Před 5 měsíci +4

    Such great story telling with beautiful music and vocals that r pure fire. Patti is unmatched. Thank u so much for getting to this song. She has a great catalog of music.

  • @bryandavis9086
    @bryandavis9086 Před 3 měsíci +2

    I’ve always loved this song. My dad’s family is from harlan county Kentucky and many worked in the mines.

  • @J-son784
    @J-son784 Před 4 měsíci +3

    Great song about our history in Kentucky. Love Patty. She also did this song with Stapleton another Ky singer

  • @JudyDuduks-gm4rb
    @JudyDuduks-gm4rb Před 4 měsíci +2

    My ancestors crossed Cumberland Gap with Daniel Boone. Family is still there. I was born there.

  • @slapjack2000
    @slapjack2000 Před 5 měsíci +9

    Cumberland gap is in eastern Kentucky. Been through there very beautiful. 👍👍

  • @jimmyvann1238
    @jimmyvann1238 Před 4 měsíci +4

    No one sings HURT like Patty

  • @mike650r
    @mike650r Před 5 měsíci +6

    Thanks for doing my request. I requested this because of your reaction to Patty singing and comforting Vince Gill at George Jones Funeral.

  • @dpack901
    @dpack901 Před 2 měsíci +3

    It’s Kentucky, Patti Loveless, Loretta Lynn, Chis Stapleton. Kentucky.

  • @hellbillyjr
    @hellbillyjr Před 5 měsíci +3

    WV born and raised. Closed down mines leaving behind destroyed towns is an understatement

  • @amberfeezor384
    @amberfeezor384 Před 5 měsíci +4

    Patty is a true artist. You must check out more of her tracks! Also noteworthy here is the fantastic Carmella Ramsey providing perfect harmonies and slaying the fiddle. The honesty and authenticity that comes with Patty's bluegrass career is incomparable.

  • @angieday5183
    @angieday5183 Před 5 měsíci +3

    You have heard Patty sing with Vince Gill on Go Rest High on This Mountain and When I Call Your Name. Rolling Stine magazine named her #177 on it's list of the best 200 singers of all time.

  • @mrsk911
    @mrsk911 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Went to Harlan twice this past year. Most beautiful place, and the people are so kind. My Mother was born there and my Grandfather a coal miner. This song and Patty’s version is my favorite song ever.

  • @wordword6039
    @wordword6039 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Cumberland Mountains run through Tennessee, Eastern Kentucky and western WV. Cumberland plateau is the western boundary of the Tennessee valley and on the east side are the smokey mountains (Appalachian). This lifestyle was going on up until the early 1980's. Actually its still is

  • @Princess_karen
    @Princess_karen Před 4 měsíci +2

    This is about Kentucky. Beautiful bluegrass music about the bluegrass state.

  • @jackiemonhollen5907
    @jackiemonhollen5907 Před 5 měsíci +4

    Cumberland Gap is in Tennessee on the TN/KY state line. Harlan is in Southeast Kentucky.

  • @maxmacdonald7174
    @maxmacdonald7174 Před 5 měsíci +5

    Coal dust is very hard to filter out. They pay well but you know your trading time off your life was well. I have to set up machinery in mines, it took weeks to cough up that dust.

  • @SigRho1429
    @SigRho1429 Před 5 měsíci +3

    One of my favorite songs of all time.

  • @TroutmanJames
    @TroutmanJames Před 4 měsíci +2

    I live here in Harlan, Ky. MRLBOYD I've been watching your videos and reactions. Glad you got to hear this one. Thank you.

  • @LP-ck6qx
    @LP-ck6qx Před 5 měsíci +2

    The Cumberland reference may be the Cumberland gap, on the border between Kentucky and Tennessee, a gap between the mountains where people could travel through. Or there is a small town near Harlan called Cumberland. The coal mine owners were all out-of-state, wealthy business men. Most of the workers were either immediately local or from throughout the region. There were always worker/owner conflicts and there were numerous battles to unionize. My people were from that region.

    • @teresadavidson3706
      @teresadavidson3706 Před 4 měsíci +1

      The "Cumberlands" refers to the Cumberland Mountain range of the Appalachian Mountains. It runs through Eastern Kentucky, Southwest Virginia, and part of West Virginia. The Cumberland Gap is a pass in the Cumberlands about where the tri- borders of Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee meet.

  • @corrob
    @corrob Před 4 měsíci +1

    one of my all time favorite songs/version of this song. i am from KY and my blood comes from eastern KY. i feel this song in my soul.

  • @patriciakeith6755
    @patriciakeith6755 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Years ago, mountain folk didn't know what mineral rights were and therefore, sold their rights to the minerals sitting right under their 'feet'. Many thought they were keeping their homes and land. Too late, they found out they "sold" their futures for a few hundred dollars and ended up losing just about everything anyway.

    • @unncommonsense
      @unncommonsense Před 2 dny +1

      You also had people lost everything they had when the US government condemned their land for the TVA or the National Park Service in the depression. Stole their land that had farms and orchards that they made a living on. They were paid very low for it or exchanged for land that was no good for farming.

  • @sherrybaldwin2544
    @sherrybaldwin2544 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Cumberland in Southeastern Kentucky, A waterfall on the Cumberland River is better known as the Cumberland Falls, A beautiful place! All of Kentucky is beautiful!

  • @2299jsimon
    @2299jsimon Před 7 dny

    I've been to a family graveyard on a hillside near Harlan... this song touches my soul with 300 years of history there. Family pictures reflect the abject poverty at the turn of the last century.

    • @2299jsimon
      @2299jsimon Před 7 dny

      Short story from North Caroline where i dated a gal for a couple of years. Her family history was similar to mine. As we discovered, about 5 generations back a direct male ancestor of mine had relations with her female ancestor. When it became obvious that she was pregnant. He father shot and killed the young man. Apparently, there was a long history between the families.

  • @scottyarthuraustralia7567
    @scottyarthuraustralia7567 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Powerful voice. Love this song. First introduce I the great tv show 'Justified'

  • @unncommonsense
    @unncommonsense Před 2 dny

    Cumberland Gap was a gateway to the Mississippi River.

  • @SickGirlRocks
    @SickGirlRocks Před 5 měsíci +2

    Miss Patty is a legend. Check out the song Two Coats

  • @f150bft
    @f150bft Před 5 měsíci +2

    Cumberland mountains are TN/KY. Harlan is in SouthEast KY a very poor area even today in some parts.

  • @jeffdetmer4681
    @jeffdetmer4681 Před 5 měsíci +5

    Hi LB. Harland Country is indeed in Kentucky. Patty is actually a cousin to the Hall of Famer Loretta Lynn. I am going to leave you a link to another song from this same live performance, It shows a different side of Patty's music, as it is a bit more upbeat. Hope you enjoy it. czcams.com/video/Nj67hHp5GQ0/video.html

  • @dustinprice648
    @dustinprice648 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Yes!

    • @dustinprice648
      @dustinprice648 Před 5 měsíci +2

      Appalachian music is its own kinda music! You should listen to the region's ghost stories too

  • @TheOnespeedbiker
    @TheOnespeedbiker Před 5 měsíci +2

    It's interesting to see MrLBoyd become emotional listening to music. There are times when he seems to completely misunderstand a song, but when he gets it, he really gets it; another great reaction was to the Stones Sympathy for the Devil, it's probably the best reaction to that song on CZcams. Another live video is Patty singing with the bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley doing Pretty Polly. Stanley was in his 80s and still delivered a masterful performance with Patty; definitely a show piece between two of country music's national treasures. czcams.com/video/WL-gBlCf0L8/video.htmlsi=Ce0hhQfoQEYmfla3

  • @user-wi6oc8kq6o
    @user-wi6oc8kq6o Před 5 měsíci +1

    Cumberland Mountains are near Harlan County Kentucky. The Cumberland Gap was used by Daniel Boone to bring settlers into what was then the western frontier.

  • @whatiwasgoingtosay
    @whatiwasgoingtosay Před 5 měsíci +1

    The location was in the first line: "In the deep dark hills of Eastern Kentucky." Though, it's a story that rings true throughout Appalachia.

  • @leitheparsons1186
    @leitheparsons1186 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Cumberland Gap, it's near where Kentucky,Virginia and Tennessee meet. Daniel Boone cut the wilderness road through that pass to extended to the new territories out of the 13 colonies.The gap was very strategic during the civil war.

  • @MamawT65
    @MamawT65 Před 5 měsíci +1

    My grandpa worked in the coal mines in Virginia! The mining company owned everything in the town! The miners were paid by script and could only spend it in the town so everything he made was given back to the company! He left that part of Virginia when his sons got old enough to go into the mines which was 12! He died of black lung disease when he was in his 50’s!

  • @lindabrewer3243
    @lindabrewer3243 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Patty sang with Vince Gill in several of his videos but she did it with no recognition, per her choice. Their harmonies are amazing!! She has an awesome discography and just about any song you pick will be amazing.

  • @f150bft
    @f150bft Před 5 měsíci +1

    Patty is a trip in her music career....

  • @SeashelleBytheseashore
    @SeashelleBytheseashore Před měsícem

    My family is from Kentucky as well as myself. Grew up with the Cumberland Mtns as my backyard. My grandpa was president of the United Mine Workers in KY. My dad worked in the mines. Died from black lung disease. It's a terrible death where your body smothers itself. One of my brothers has it now. You really do go to work knowing it's one day going to kill you. This song rings true and hurts my soul each time I hear it.

  • @warrenburlingame1172
    @warrenburlingame1172 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Complete perfection

  • @peggysoutherland1183
    @peggysoutherland1183 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Very wonderful era song. Loved it.

  • @romysan1
    @romysan1 Před 3 měsíci

    mountain music.....P Loveless is a great singer. my grand father died from black lung in the mountains of Colorado. I am 72.

  • @newgrl
    @newgrl Před 5 měsíci

    The Cumberland Mountains run through Northeastern Tennessee and into Southwestern Kentucky. Strip mining has completely tore them up. To quote Raylan on Justified (which takes place around Harlan County, Kentucky), "I'm sorry, did you see a creek out in the lobby? Some pretty green trees and cut off mountains? You think we're in the holler?"

  • @werewolf5674
    @werewolf5674 Před 26 dny

    Harlen is in eastern Kentucky. Before mine safety regulations, most died in the mine or from black lung.

  • @gloriamurphy398
    @gloriamurphy398 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Harlan is in eastern Kentucky. Beautiful area.

  • @angalamorine4993
    @angalamorine4993 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Beautiful blue grass voice!

  • @Blue-rl5dp
    @Blue-rl5dp Před 4 měsíci

    The Cumberland river is in Kentucky, along with the Cumberland Gap (or pass) that separates the Appalachian mountains from the Kentucky Cumberland mountains. The pass was discovered by Danial Boon.

  • @morrigan908
    @morrigan908 Před 2 měsíci

    West Virginia born and raised. I was in/around the coal industry since I was 14--first working for the company my mom worked for, getting paid under the table to do stuff around the office; then as an analyst and technical writer for a mining contractor; and finally as a paralegal in a mining lawfirm. Watched mining bottom out in the 1980's following the disaster that was the Carter Administration, and it nearly bankrupted my family, because the company Mom worked for nearly folded and couldn't pay their employees for months at a time. Dad's far more more modest salary as a fireman just barely got us through that. Of course I was too young to understand what was going on until I got older and Mom talked more openly about it.
    Coal evenutally rebounded. It rebounded to such an extent that many power plants in the US started switching from coal to natural gas in the early 2010's because bituminous coal prices had risen sharply and natural gas prices were at an all-time low.
    By then, I had moved on to work as a paralegal for the largest mining-related lawfirm in the US. I was the primary paralegal for the firm working on the aftermath of the dust explosion at Massey's UBB mine in 2010 in Raleigh County, WV, that killed 29 of the 31 miners who were in the mine and injured the two survivors.. As part of the evidence, I reviewed pictures of the bodies in the mine as well as autopsy photos and reports. Shortly after, I was offered and accepted a position in a completely different industry, so I've been away from the coal industry for over a decade now. UBB will stick with me for the rest of my life though.
    Edit: They're referring to Cumberland, KY, in this song, a town in Harlan County. Harlan County has a particular significance among mining families and really everyone in this region. The "Harlan County War" or "Bloody Harlan" in the 1930s was an ongoing fight between coal miners and the companies. State and federal troops were brought in to suppress the violence and, to this day, no one is sure how many people--miners, mine owners and foremen, union representatives, sheriff's deputies, troops, hired thugs, and bystanders--died during that decade in Harlan.

    • @user-dv6ni1sh4d
      @user-dv6ni1sh4d Před 2 měsíci

      I can imagine what both in the coal mines and oil fields in Texas, Wyoming and Montana since Biden got in.

  • @donnaewe3692
    @donnaewe3692 Před 5 měsíci

    Theyre still mining where i come from. This song is off Patty Lovelace's 'Mountain Soul (I)' album. The whole album is fire! ❤ Thank you mrlboyd, u know there's a version of this song with Patty & Chris Stapleton, eh? ;-) 😊

  • @laurashelton5942
    @laurashelton5942 Před 5 měsíci

    I have always felt like this is the most compelling musically performance ever. Evertime she performs this song!

  • @jimbob8969
    @jimbob8969 Před 2 měsíci

    MRLBOYD I have suggested many times that you start in Ashland KY and travel to Jenkins Ky on Rt 23 it would allow you to understand this music much better. The Country Music highway is an experience that every person that loves this music should experience.

    • @user-dv6ni1sh4d
      @user-dv6ni1sh4d Před 2 měsíci +1

      Make that the real countrey music not with fireoerks and smoke machines and Beyonce.

  • @reaperthemad8731
    @reaperthemad8731 Před 19 dny

    Cumberland, Harlan, etc, all in Kentucky

  • @alanjones3874
    @alanjones3874 Před měsícem

    The Cumberland Mountains between Kentucky and Virginia in Harlan County . The Cumberland Gap is in Bell County , next county to the west , where Daniel Boone crossed the Cumberland Mts .

  • @user-ol5qv7vh6f
    @user-ol5qv7vh6f Před 5 měsíci

    Harlan is in Kentucky The Cumberland Mountains are a major geologic feature there.

  • @appalachianboy4583
    @appalachianboy4583 Před 4 měsíci

    Back in the 30s the Harlan county war happened it’s where miners rebelled against the government and fought federal troops it was the biggest uprising since the civil war

  • @barbarastewart603
    @barbarastewart603 Před 5 měsíci

    Harlan, Kentucky, is southeast part of state, close to the area where West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee converge. Harlan (and surrounding areas) was the site of much strife and violence between coal miners and the coal companies. At one point our own state/federal officials used armed force of law enforcement and other military resources against our own, the miners. There are various books and movies that deal with this subject. "Harlan, Bloody Harlan!"

  • @russellhunt2071
    @russellhunt2071 Před 5 měsíci

    I went to Iraq with a guy that was from Harlan Ky. After we got back from our tour of duty he overdosed. It is part of the sound track of a show called "Justified". It's based off a book called Fire in the Hole. Deputy Raylan Givens has his own, Wild West-style methods of upholding justice, putting him at odds with the criminals he hunts and with his bosses in the U.S. Marshals Service. And an incident prompts his reassignment to the Kentucky district where he grew up. It's based in Harlan.

  • @tracyhuff8132
    @tracyhuff8132 Před 17 dny

    “Coal Keeps the Lights On, My hometown keeps food on the spoon in my youngin’s mouth, Tires on the truck and a sundress on my baby girl,” beautifully encapsulates how the livelihood of these communities is sustained by the coal industry.
    The second verse delves into the harsh reality faced by coal miners. With decisions made in Washington to potentially close mines, Rose speaks up for the voices of those affected. He laments how these decisions disregard the “little man” and their calloused hands, symbolizing the hard work and sacrifice made by coal miners. The verse highlights the way of life that has been established for generations and the importance of preserving it.

  • @3lessar
    @3lessar Před měsícem

    new guy here, big historian , irrelevant. You are the breed of everything i love brother. Keep it up

  • @user-dv6ni1sh4d
    @user-dv6ni1sh4d Před 2 měsíci

    Harlen is is the coal mining area of Kentucky eastern side of the state around Tennesse and West Virgina where the magjority of coal mines are.

  • @hackermusic3355
    @hackermusic3355 Před 5 měsíci

    As an ex coal miner this song always hit true to me.
    Most of my friends from the mines have passed on, and many of them younger than I am.
    We all knew how dangerous the work was but never gave much thought to how it would be rough years afterward.

    • @djt8518
      @djt8518 Před 5 měsíci +1

      I'm a former wv miner too I know what you mean my dad was too he had black lung

  • @shawnj1966
    @shawnj1966 Před 5 měsíci

    As someone with Appalachian roots, albeit Southwestern Virginia instead of Kentucky, this song is amazing! Rough people came out of those hills and many never left there alive.

  • @Chris-yi3mo
    @Chris-yi3mo Před 5 měsíci

    Harlan and Cumberland are in Kentucky. I live about an hour or so from Harlan.

  • @SickGirlRocks
    @SickGirlRocks Před 5 měsíci +1

    The Cumberland Gap is between Tennessee and Kentucky

  • @vickiekezele8520
    @vickiekezele8520 Před 5 měsíci

    It's about eastern kentucky. Cumberland and Harlan in Kentucky.

  • @franksullivan1873
    @franksullivan1873 Před 25 dny

    There is Cumberland Gap on the Va./Kentucky border SW Appalachian mountains.

  • @franksullivan1873
    @franksullivan1873 Před 25 dny

    Mountain soul music

  • @kimberlygrimm7007
    @kimberlygrimm7007 Před 5 měsíci

    Her name is Patricia Lee Ramey. Aka Patty Loveless.
    Her Daddy was a coal miner and passed away from "Black Lung" a terrible disease thats caused by coal dust!
    Please check out Patty Loveless and Chris Stapleton sing it; is absolutely haunting!

  • @kathleenedens7953
    @kathleenedens7953 Před 5 měsíci

    I'm a coal miner's daughter as well. I can relate. My daddy was from just north of Harlen, Kentucky. He developed black lung, from years in the mines. Raised 8 children.

  • @franksullivan1873
    @franksullivan1873 Před 25 dny

    Chills

  • @anglewis10
    @anglewis10 Před 5 měsíci

    I know how you love Chris Stapleton. You must watch their performance of this song. AMAZING !!!

  • @mattschoonover1483
    @mattschoonover1483 Před 5 měsíci

    Butte, MT is still the largest Superfund site in the country from the environmental impact of Copper mining.

  • @pinkbuick1
    @pinkbuick1 Před 5 měsíci

    For a really fun side of Patty, check out I Try To Think About Elvis :)

  • @timgray3790
    @timgray3790 Před 3 měsíci

    I’m from Harlan originally. Lots of coal there but the war on coal basically bankrupted a whole county.

  • @nattamused9074
    @nattamused9074 Před měsícem

    If you’ve got dry eyes at the end of this one, you’re broken.

  • @robtaylor7038
    @robtaylor7038 Před 2 měsíci

    Cumberland town is in harlen co. My motheres whole family is in the graveyard she talking about. Its called rosspoint.

  • @johnboydTx
    @johnboydTx Před 5 měsíci

    ✊😢 Americana..
    Raise a glass of Corn to the forefathers 🥃✌️🤠❤️

  • @celinelovell4725
    @celinelovell4725 Před 5 měsíci

    I love this performance

  • @IzziePunk
    @IzziePunk Před 4 měsíci

    eastern kentucky my home i hate it and love it at the same time