BAND OF RUHKS Coal Mining Man

[@jackort8034]

Ramblin Rooks to Band of Ruhks, this is still the best damn song on the planet.

[@tnmtnmorning1178]

Great song. Ralph Stanley at the beginning is perfection!

[@steveheighton5971]

No comments yet? This is fabulous music!

[@justinbrittmotorsports]

I know! This is awesome music! Wheres the likes and comments??

[@tomcornett]

This is great music! Wonderfully talented band.

[@mattcoleman8566]

one of my fave music videos of all times. great old footage of miners, or is that modern staged b/w video ? looks great either way

[@mvfd4894]

Hate it that it isn’t on Apple Music anymore

[@timgibson5644]

they just don't have good taste

[@cubialpha]

what's that lyric about digging "fairmont number 9" ? what does that mean, anybody know? i couldn't find the lyrics online anywhere to see if these are even the right words.

[@louisbluescat]

That'd be a name of a particular mine is my guess. Mannington No. 9 is another example of a killer coal minin' tune, referencing a collapsed mine in WV

[@Gitplicker]

Number 9 is a coal seam designation based on quality. Coal occurs in defined layers underground called seams that can run for hundreds or thousands of feet. They are separated by dirt or rock. Seams of coal are given numbers based on quality of the coal in a seam. 1 to 13, I think. Number nine is a particularly good quality coal seam. Plus it sounds good in a song lyric. Fairmont is probably the name of a mine.

[@tomjones4472]

It should be a reference to a specific mine (Fairmont area, mine #9)

[@ashleysmith2382]

Fairmont was a coal company.

[@ashleysmith2382]

They had a huge explosion in 1907

[@banjo8152]

Who's playing dobro?

[@mountainpick14]

Justin Moses

[@banjo8152]

@@mountainpick14 kinda sounds like Rob ikes