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Passing Thru the Garden

by Nimrod Workman and Phyllis Boyens

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    Clips are from the Appalshop documentary "Nimrod Workman: To Fit My Own Category." To purchase this film--or LPs/DVDs/cassettes--visit appalshop.org/store.
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Lord Daniel 03:06
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Ginseng 01:24
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Oh Death 01:48
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Quil O' Quay 01:22
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Burgler Man 01:01
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Lady Gay 03:52 video
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about

"Passing Thru the Garden" (JA001) was the first album released on the June Appal Recordings label. Nimrod Workman was born in Inez, Martin County, Kentucky. At the age of 14 he went to work in the Howard Collieries coal mines in Mingo County WV, and he continued working as a coal miner for forty-two years until he was forced to retire due to black lung and a slipped disc. Throughout his coal mining career he was active in union politics and United Mine Workers of America organizing. In 1920-1921 he worked alongside Mary Harris "Mother" Jones in West Virginia, and participated in the Battle of Blair Mountain uprising. Following his retirement as a miner he became known as a folk singer, with frequent performances around Appalachia as well as the Smithsonian Folklife Festival and the 1982 World's Fair. In 1986 he was a recipient of the National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. He was the subject of a documentary Nimrod Workman: To Fit My Own Category, produced by Appalshop Films, and appeared as himself in the documentaries Harlan County, USA, Chase the Devil: Religious Music of the Appalachians, and The Grand Generation. He is heard leading the singing of "Amazing Grace" in the funeral scene in Coal Miner's Daughter, which also featured his daughter Phyllis Boyens as Loretta Lynn's mother. He spent most of his life in Chattaroy, West Virginia, though in later years he lived in Mascot, Tennessee. He died in Knoxville, Tennessee at the age of 99.

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released January 1, 1974

Engineered by Gary Slemp; Produced by Jack Wright; Photography by Doug Yarrow. Special Thanks: Mike Kline, Rich Kirby, Guy Carawan, Bruce Boyens, Mollie Workman, Nancy & Big Al Slemp, "The Farm," G.G., Y.P. and People at Appalshop.

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June Appal Recordings Kentucky

Founded in 1974 in the mountains of eastern Kentucky, June Appal Recordings is the non-profit record label of Appalshop. It was established to record and distribute the music and stories of accomplished central Appalachian artists.

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