Name: Bonnie "Prince" Billy & Nathan Salsburg: The Miner's Blues by Nathan Salsburg
Duration: 2 min 53 s
Description: A reading of Frank Hutchison's "Miner's Blues," recorded in Louisville in 2008. BPB, vocal; NS, guitar.

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This is a song my mother, Mary McCarthy, used to sing, she liked it a lot. It’s a song about a dead mother and child, it’s a serious song. I learned very recently it was written by Deirdre Scanlan who recorded it on a CD called 'Speak Softly' in 1999.  Deirdre said she used to sing it regularly in the singer's club in Banagher and Birr.  I reckon my Uncle John (McCarthy) would have heard it there then taught it to my mother. Photo by Derek Schofield.

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A reading of Frank Hutchison's "Miner's Blues," recorded in Louisville in 2008. BPB, vocal; NS, guitar. 

Bonnie "Prince" Billy & Nathan Salsburg: The Miner's Blues

Guitar Solo: The first tune's for the Irish singer and friend, Mary Wall who died in the 80s. Then a Scots followed by an Irish tune. All recorded in 1992.

Bonnie "Prince" Billy & Nathan Salsburg: The Miner's Blues

Nathan Salsburg

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