Hazel Dickens

About

Hazel Dickens (June 1, 1935, - April 22, 2011, born Mercer County, West Virginia) an American bluegrass singer. She was the eighth child of an eleven-child mining family in West Virginia. Her music is characterized by not only her "high lonesome" singing style, but also by her provocative pro-union, feminist songs. Poverty drove the Dickens to move to the Baltimore, Maryland area when Dickins was nineteen. There she met Mike Seeger, younger brother

Top Tracks

1. 1

   Train On The Island

   9671 plays
2. 2

   The One I Love Is Gone

   4970 plays
3. 3

   The Rebel Girl

   4426 plays
4. 4

   They'll Never Keep Us Down

   3310 plays
5. 5

   Coal Tattoo

   2956 plays
6. 6

   Coal Miner's Blues

   2757 plays
7. 7

   Hills of Home

   2684 plays
8. 8

   Memories Of Mother And Dad

   2654 plays
9. 9

   West Virginia, My Home

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