Steve was the opener for CSN that night. As the show went on it was obvious it was going over time but Claude Nobbs ( Montrex promoter ) and CSN were on the side of the stage. They all said play on , so Steve did, it was a truly great night! ( I was his TM and looking after his guitars on stage left. )
I absolutely love this haunting song. Steve Earle is one of the best songwriters of our time. I live in the mountains, and my husband's grandfather died of black lung disease. This song tells the story of coal miners, but the beauty of the mountains is also evoked in the lines "I knew every holler / every cool swimming hole" and "This mountain's my home / and it holds me and keeps me from worry and woe."
My dad was a miner and he made sure his 11 kids got educated and never went near a mine. We all gladly left the shit hole of a town we grew up in. No sentimental bollocks. That aside, great song and I think Steve Earle is brilliant.
This song gives me chills still after hundreds of times listening. I have spun this disc in the cd player so many times the laser 'bout wore a hole in it! Have the LP now and it sounds soooo good. Good job Steve pairing with the legendary Del McCoury band. This album will go down in history as one of the best bluegrass albums of all times. I dont know how you do it Steve. Thanks for sharing your talent with the world.
It makes my heart yearn for home on the Durham coal fields in NE England. It's a universal song for all the men that ever ventured down a coal mine. Dirty dangerous work that unified communities and kept families alive. Wonderful song.
Found this video after hearing the audio as the close to episode 22--"Rough Extraction"--of Darryl Cooper's podcast "Martyr Made", about the West Virginia coal miners' rebellions of 1920-21. Chills, man. Every time.
Wow. There are a lot of people I have never seen in concert and would have liked to have seen, and Steve Earle is about at the top of my list. Thanks for sharing this timely video.
I'm glad I found this masterpiece of Steve Earle's songwriting. I got here after listening to Sierra Ferrell's inspired promotional cover video. The song is both beautiful and fierce . . . of lament and love.
makes me think of the destruction of forest and the recent Pike River mining disaster on the west coast of NZ. The guys are still down there - the company hasn't pulled them out. Great song!!
@@skootempaw694 I am somebody unlike you Blaine who has nothing on his page to show. I play music and live it unlike you. Is that your mother calling? Better get up there Blaine. You nobody. lmao
Love that you threw Ryan Adams in there. He has written some incredible songs. Just waiting for Ray LaMontagne to build up his catalogue and I think he will be up there too. Don't forget Neil Young!
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Thanks Steve, You sing it from deep down from the heart and we love you for it. And Thanks so much, for ever, for autographing my Red Takanine.
Steve was the opener for CSN that night. As the show went on it was obvious it was going over time but Claude Nobbs ( Montrex promoter ) and CSN were on the side of the stage. They all said play on , so Steve did, it was a truly great night! ( I was his TM and looking after his guitars on stage left. )
Thanks for sharing, wonderful story!
Superb
I absolutely love this haunting song. Steve Earle is one of the best songwriters of our time. I live in the mountains, and my husband's grandfather died of black lung disease. This song tells the story of coal miners, but the beauty of the mountains is also evoked in the lines "I knew every holler / every cool swimming hole" and "This mountain's my home / and it holds me and keeps me from worry and woe."
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Certainly agree. Except he may actually be the best!
Awesome singer snd story teller, true grit
My dad was a miner and he made sure his 11 kids got educated and never went near a mine. We all gladly left the shit hole of a town we grew up in. No sentimental bollocks. That aside, great song and I think Steve Earle is brilliant.
This song gives me chills still after hundreds of times listening. I have spun this disc in the cd player so many times the laser 'bout wore a hole in it! Have the LP now and it sounds soooo good. Good job Steve pairing with the legendary Del McCoury band. This album will go down in history as one of the best bluegrass albums of all times. I dont know how you do it Steve. Thanks for sharing your talent with the world.
Very very good songwriter and singing and playing his guitar great
It makes my heart yearn for home on the Durham coal fields in NE England. It's a universal song for all the men that ever ventured down a coal mine. Dirty dangerous work that unified communities and kept families alive. Wonderful song.
Found this video after hearing the audio as the close to episode 22--"Rough Extraction"--of Darryl Cooper's podcast "Martyr Made", about the West Virginia coal miners' rebellions of 1920-21.
Chills, man. Every time.
My Laurel Ridge home~it's hard to transplant an old tree, missing my mountain home~
Great voice Great song Great man.
Wow. There are a lot of people I have never seen in concert and would have liked to have seen, and Steve Earle is about at the top of my list. Thanks for sharing this timely video.
Been listening to this since I was 12 years old. Love it
Haunting!
Sometimes a single guitar player / singer can low away a whole army of musicians - Bob Dylan
Goosebumps.....
Deep and soulful. Great song.
An incredible performance of an incredible song.
I'm glad I found this masterpiece of Steve Earle's songwriting. I got here after listening to Sierra Ferrell's inspired promotional cover video. The song is both beautiful and fierce . . . of lament and love.
makes me think of the destruction of forest and the recent Pike River mining disaster on the west coast of NZ. The guys are still down there - the company hasn't pulled them out. Great song!!
I love this song, I'm speechless...... I love you WAMH Steve thank you this song went straight to my heart.
Absolutely perfect. I need to find the video again... it used to be on Yahoo Music.
Wonderful story teller!!!
How in the hell did four ppl give this a thumbs down?? I can tell you they don't perform.
Are we listening to you? Who are you? Nobody.
@@skootempaw694 I am somebody unlike you Blaine who has nothing on his page to show. I play music and live it unlike you. Is that your mother calling? Better get up there Blaine. You nobody. lmao
Beautiful but so true .God Bless our miners .
superb just superb
Siempre será mi cantante favorito, siempre vigente!
Great Song
Amen and Amen
Well done!!
Saw Steve and the Dukes an Duchesses last night in Derby, UK.Have posted my own version of this wonderful sad song.
Love that you threw Ryan Adams in there. He has written some incredible songs. Just waiting for Ray LaMontagne to build up his catalogue and I think he will be up there too. Don't forget Neil Young!
this man has put a same to bob dylan he is a master song writer
nice ! です.
My grandfather and uncles were miners they all died from Black lung.
I want that shirt.
Steve Earle wrote this song.
Not sure exactly which mountains those are..Alabama hills maybe…Birmingham ..?
Please keep singing and writing that's all I got say
who wrote this song
Levon helms I believe.
Steve Earle
Steve Earle
@@josephgill7271 Steve Earle wrote it, but Levon Helm did a brilliant cover if it. The Mountain sure sounds like something Levon could have written.
Sid Hatfield energy.
Umm ok I was born on my mountain.