Logan Halstead - Dark Black Coal

A song about the trials of coal miners performed by Logan Halstead in Boone County, West Virginia. Recorded on December 6th, 2020.

[@daviddietsch5573]

I was told once they still make country music. They just don't play it on the radio. Please keep singing.

[@throngcleaver]

Well Dave, you need to take a drive across the Heartland. Tons of radio stations play country music and nothing else.

[@rustyshacklefort3715]

@@throngcleaver if you are talking about that garbage from Nashville you can keep it. Hell I've never hear Tyler Childers once on the radio since I found him a few years ago.

[@mongoosemcmongoose2786]

I don't even like country music, but christ this is really good

[@throngcleaver]

@@rustyshacklefort3715 I only turn on the radio in my truck once a year, maybe every two years, and then it's only for a few minutes before I shut it back off. I don't like being spoon fed what I want to see or hear, based on someone else's desire to peddle their moneymakers. In general, I don't care for country music, even though I do like Tyler Childers' style of it. Genre isn't important to me. If I like a song, I like the song. Your comment made me realize the underlying meaning of the OP's comment, in that true "country" music, isn't what is being played on the radio. I get it now. Thanks for helping me realize that. 👍

[@yokomgcruz]

More bluegrass

[@coaldigger1998]

Worked 45 years as underground coal miner, no regrets. Worked alongside some of the toughest and hardest working men that has ever drew a breath. A lot of negative things said about coal but it helped build this great nation.

[@SapperRJMorgan]

No slight on those who weren’t negatively affected but you can’t deny the truth this song speaks.

[@coaldigger1998]

@@SapperRJMorgan No disrespect what so ever. I know where you are coming from. I grew up in a coal camp outside Appalachia VA. still there. It was a booming place now there is nothing. Keep singing young man I think you will go far.

[@TEAMGETHELP]

It's not the devil they'd have you believe it is.

[@littlema5763]

Keep on singing Logan! You can go far. Love your voice.

[@aaronsmith7914]

12 years as a underground hard rock miner in Montana. Loved every minute of it and would encourage my boys to do it also if they so choose so..it'll make a man out of ya

[@VDVega13]

I'm from Albania. My grandpa was a miner back there, lived his whole life with a bullet in his head, Had his appendix removed in his kitchen because they were too poor for a hospital bill, still lived until his 80's. I identify with this music more than anything. God Bless to everyone in the struggle.

[@notabeta3675]

How does one do that?

[@C21H30O2]

​@@notabeta3675they don't make people like they used to...

[@notabeta3675]

@@C21H30O2 im asking for education. Infections were the number 1 killer in civil war field hospitals. If there is a way to safely do home surgery I'm not afraid of the pain. Id like to know how it's done

[@joedraper4522]

Hang in there brother. Work hard.

[@DixieGirl9485]

@notabeta3675 the civil war was no different than any other war, we have roughly enough doctors to treat our countrymen, now say we started a war that killed the equivalent of 6 million Americans would we have the health care system in place to deal with that?

[@stephenfreeman8364]

My great Grandfather worked all his life in the coal mines in North Carolina. Died at 93. Don't stop what you are singing. Radio country music died a number of years ago, but you are keeping real country music alive.

[@JulStar13]

Both my grandfathers, one uncle and countless other family members worked the mines in WV. One of my grandfathers died of black lung. The other one had permanent and lasting injuries from it. But they loved it.

[@uberhaxonova]

can we stop talking about "real country" each state has a different culture and economy and thats what makes it that certain type of country. West virginia country will be different than Nashville Texas country will be different than Carolina Georgia Country will be different than Alabama. They're all real.

[@RemnantDiscipleLazzaro-Rev1217]

I see what you are stating ...I learned of this song a day or two after Chris / Oliver went supra-lucent. This is blue grass / folk music of Appalachia according to them in Appalachia i seen, they don't call it country music...rather it''s music for the country.@@uberhaxonova

[@jfoxvii]

g g pa and gggpa were coal miners the oldest immigrated here from austria in 1904. my gpa tells a story about his father where he would open the stove, pull out a lit coal, light his pipe w it and then put it back on account of all his calluses

[@purplelightswitch2160]

I feel this is folk music

[@MichaelGalt]

Holy shit. I am so happy "Rich Men North of Richmond" blew up... because it brought me to this channel. This song... is amazing. Don't come from a family of miners, but mechanics and other manual laborers. This song is POWERFUL.

[@keimahane]

You and me both brother, the music here is powerful. I come from both Navy and Shipyard worker family, my brother and I chose the Navy, both of my cousins chose the Shipyard. We all feel like we had the shit beat out of us, but we would not change it for the world.

[@chrislancaster1982]

Same... I can't believe I've been missing out on this shit for this long. Thank you Oliver and RadioWV for bringing me to Logan Halstead and Dark Black Coal. This song is awesome and these lyrics are insane. Such a beautifully written song.

[@cadillacslim73]

Yes ! I’ve worked heavy construction as a pipe hand for years and last 11 plus in the ND Oil Patch .. This song hits home indeed .

[@LadyLiberty-zd1nv]

Same !!

[@cadillacslim73]

Indeed !

[@darrenlee2775]

Oliver Anthony's song brought me to this channel. This channel is a gift that keeps on giving. I've never been into country but that has changed now. I have found where there are songs with heartfelt meaning, I've missed that so much!

[@nathanielbailey108]

have a listen to Colter Wall's "Bob Fudge", Colby Acuff's "If I were teh Devil", Uncle Lucius' "Keep the Wolves Away" and Gordon Lightfoot's "Edmund Fitzgerald". Country is great. What plays on teh radio aint.

[@warman36]

Same here

[@ladyhawk1083]

Exactly the same thing with me I was brought here for a reason

[@ronaldfarmer7205]

Amen

[@RachelLovelace]

Amen. The radio is a sell out. I stopped listening to sponsored music about two years ago and went all independent and honestly, I have fallen back in love with music thanks to music like his. ❤❤❤

[@c-yabugginout7573]

Grandaddy spent so many Alabama years underground. Passed at 78 with black lung and emphysema. He was a man of few words but my daddy said he spoke you should pay attention. Hard men in my family and proud of them. That battle blood still flows in our veins and our memories. It took me through the Marine Corps and brought me home safe. Beautiful song and well sang young sir!

[@shanesimmons4775]

round jasper?

[@thatoneguy6313]

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸Amazing, keep up the good fight thank you for your service and for sharing!!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@44thala49]

Mine too until he was drafted. He was from Chilton county.

[@YaGirlCJ]

​@@shanesimmons4775I live beside Jasper. Do you?

[@shanesimmons4775]

@@YaGirlCJ nah my great grandparents lived down there. great grandfather was a coal miner. still got family aroud there. victory was their last name

[@ctgeorgia]

My granddaddy died from black lung shoveling coal for nearly 50 years... I can remember him working 7 days a week from sun up to sun down. He'd come home, lay on the hard floor and put his feet up on a chair because his back hurt, and then fall asleep right there on the floor until it was time to get up and do it again.

[@travishodge243]

That was the real working man!

[@markhaughton1884]

Made from different materials them blokes

[@mikemccormick4211]

My grandfather immigrated from Europe his family were all coal miners . I remember his lunch bucket and wheat light going out the door every morning at 4am with my uncle's. They all died from black lung but never bitched or griped while they wasted away. We promised to never go down the shafts for work and we never broke that promise. Thanks Pap.

[@chuckellsworth758]

That was beautifully written man

[@mikemccormick4211]

There's no glamour in knowing you dying to live. My pap lost fingers in the mines and was told work or lose your job. He wrapped his hand in his handkerchief and kept working. No glory just tough SOBs. All the owners should pay them until they pass away from the black death and then pay the widows .

[@chronicsrandommoments6823]

Well said...rest in peace

[@Propelled]

But it fed families and enabled the growth of a nation. Millions knew what it did and stayed working. Their suffering, sacrifice made a legacy where the fantastically privileged and pampered can diddle away their time sniveling and complaining in the victimhood mentality that they suffered not one minute of as if they too did not directly benefit from coal production. It was, and to some degree, still is a free country. There were no chains that bound people to the mines. The true chains are the mental prisons we place ourselves in at the direction of the power brokers who make us believe that someone owes us something. As grandpa and grandma used to say “Quitcherbitchin’ and get to doin’!” They’d be disgusted by the population of sniveling simpering ingrates who denigrate their sacrifices by being the dupes.

[@PhilipMeddows]

@@MrJlambo54 Just stop. Go to the mirror and say 'I Love You'.

[@corey0863]

Played this song for my 85 year old grandma who grew up right down the road from butcher hollow. She was a true coal miner's daughter, and I can remember all the stories growing up. Needless to say she cried.

[@cadillacslim73]

Damn near teared up just reading this comment … Thanks for sharing

[@mikeoxhardtforpresident7876]

God bless your grandma, you too. Anyone who doesn't tear up hearing this song doesn't have a soul, imo.

[@tommytwotone81]

You have her a gift. Words from a song can bring back the most beautiful memories that sometimes we don't recall with such clarity otherwise. Now you'll have this as a memory someday down the road and maybe it'll keep repeating through your family.

[@pennystationy6751]

Vanlear born and raised. Lived in butcher holler for around 7 years and now I live less than a mile away.

[@troyfitch6440]

I'm from Meally, grandma was a Webb

[@AmericaRocks1969]

I grew up in Logan and Boone County WV. I am retired military. Live and work in NM and South Texas. I go home now and then. Thank you Logan Halstead. I miss those hills, and I miss my family.

[@lanius3653]

Logan county 🤙

[@justinmullins2648]

I live in Logan county. Come back home. Same shit. Lol

[@jacobroles3486]

Do you know jimmy roles or Donnie roles, or crystal crum or Jerry crum

[@AmericaRocks1969]

Well I have been gone a long time. The Roles don't ring any bells, but the Crum's do. I knew a handful of Crum's back in the day when I was growing up there. @@jacobroles3486

[@MtnYetiBarbie]

My friends from Logan OD'd and died in the 70s. But so did my friends from Huntington. Had to get as far away as possible to stay alive. RIP to my old friends from younger days. It's beautiful back there just, for me, not a place to live.

[@WashingtonWeedReviews]

My grandfather died of black lung from working in the West Virginia coal mines. Mad respect ❤

[@TheDonwiggins]

Mine too, but right next door in Lynch Kentucky. He was a great great man. I want to buy the land where the one room log cabin was that mom grew up in. Beautiful area.

[@RemnantDiscipleLazzaro-Rev1217]

May the Lord bless you as He wills.@@TheDonwiggins

[@tonycao423]

Mine also in Ohio....tough way to go.

[@adolpholiverbush2]

My grandpa died with, but not of it. Black lung is a bad way to go. Paradise mines, Muhlenberg, KY

[@johnmcgrady4397]

Lost my uncle in the Upper Big Branch mine explosion in 2010. He was 6 weeks away from retirement. He absolutely loved his job and the men he worked with. He loved his work, his family, and God. RIP Uncle Benny. Thank you for this song.

[@joakimandersson7769]

So sorry for your loss. Wish his boss had been lost in the mine instead.

[@bushidodog]

Have you heard Sierra Ferrell sing "29", with 600 Pounds Of Sin, about that disaster? Terrible incident, their tribute to the miners who died is amazing.

[@GideonWallace]

The reality of it all is heavy, but you see... he loved his job and that way it wasn't time wasted. RIP to all the workers who die providing for their family...

[@moonshiner9585]

Blankenship was on the presidential ballot last year in a few states like Arizona; its a shame that man is still alive.

[@jackmomma7481]

@@moonshiner9585 one thing for certain, since the demise of eat shit Bob, there's one less of them polluting humanity.

[@slabs6661]

I am from West Virginia, my entire linage has worked at Weirton Steel including myself, I seen what the ultimate demise would be, before it happened, because what was happening to the industry and my town. I worked my ass off to go to school, I became a Surgical Technologist, I bring that Blue Collar Work Ethic into the Operating Room, because you can never take it out of this. I felt this in my heart, mind, body, and soul!!!!!!!

[@adambarnes8911]

Looks like it was recorded right off one of those coal roads in Virginia

[@jakesmith7145]

Also from Weirton. I agree 100%

[@craiggaudreau805]

The mill at Weirton is now a customer of mine. I've only visited three times. As a city boy from the east, I'm in awe of you men who work in these mountains day in and day out.I could not be more proud of working Americans after witnessing that place.

[@MB-nz2mt]

Congrats on your change of careers!!!

[@therealrobbdee672]

Glad u had the foresight! And, made it out! God bless ys

[@harpshirefarm323]

I no longer listen to what passes these days as country but this, THIS is what my soul needs. This is my favorite version of this song. His Kentucky Sky is great too.

[@nathanielbailey108]

have a listen to Colter Wall's "Bob Fudge", Colby Acuff's "If I were teh Devil", Uncle Lucius' "Keep the Wolves Away" and Gordon Lightfoot's "Edmund Fitzgerald". Country is great. What plays on the radio aint.

[@Hilaire_Balrog]

Logan’s cover of “the flood” is amazing as well.

[@RemnantDiscipleLazzaro-Rev1217]

Thanks.@@Hilaire_Balrog

[@RemnantDiscipleLazzaro-Rev1217]

Thanks. Here in Ontario. we know Gordon Lightfoot well... @@nathanielbailey108

[@TheToddFather1969]

I want to listen to this channel on AM radio while driving through the night headed to somewhere. This music is so needed right now. I think everyone is getting sick of radio bullshit. We want raw and real. This is pure gold.

[@just1nmcd]

294 people who have no clue how a soul felt song is sung. Had this song on replay for the last month straight. Not a coal miner but been in construction for 20 years and this song hits home. So many of us breaking our backs and losing our young lives for a job that barely gets us through life. Keep making music like this my friend. There are so many people out there that need this type of music to keep our souls alive. God bless you Logan Halstead.

[@kalicollins9670]

Pipe welder. Felt it here too bud

[@kevinmcgann8752]

This logger felt it too!

[@galemartin9155]

Oh as an investment strategist I absolutely understand. I've made it one of the goals of my life to exact retribution against the citizens of West Virginia. Why? Morgan County, WV 1919. It's time to answer for what they did to my family. Anything I can do to hurt WV financially I will do it.

[@JohnnieA1]

Gale Martin a

[@s.cackalackyvol2246]

This roofer can relate.

[@EHughes7552]

Pure Appalachian sound.....can't get anymore country than that......BRING BACK REAL COUNTRY MUSIC

[@TheMadMonk9]

The Country music reniassance is truly underway. Excellent song.

[@RemnantDiscipleLazzaro-Rev1217]

If you will consider: I learned of this song a day or two after Chris / Oliver went supra-lucent. This is blue grass / folk music of Appalachia, they don't call it country music...rather it''s music for the country.

[@1acrehomesteader43]

@@RemnantDiscipleLazzaro-Rev1217 Exactly. I crack up every time someone calls this "country" music!

[@ennuiii]

This isn't county, it's Appalachian Folk. Look up some of the old songs, the difference is mostly just recording quality

[@thomasclay32]

As a roughneck I feel like this throws the same message to us, I’m trapped by the ways of the deep black hole

[@mountainman9664]

But once you start there nothing youd rather do! Least thats what the mines are like, one day under there and no other job sounds worthwhile!

[@edwardrowland467]

Always been told once you get the oil under your finger nails. It’s there to stay..

[@stevensantee1395]

My dad was victim of the mountain’s evil ways when I was 11. Loved your song, praying for the miners out there today

[@oldgreen100]

Is it the mountain's evil or the company's?

[@Lolyoucrackers]

There ain't a damn thing evil about our mountains. It's the greedy carpetbagging assholes that've exploited us for generations and left our people and mountains in ruins.

[@appalachianadventures9727]

@@oldgreen100 shhhh can't bash the company our people are brainwashed thinking they are needed to avoid starvation while our stomachs constantly growl

[@oldgreen100]

@@appalachianadventures9727 We see eye to eye.

[@frank4731]

@@oldgreen100 It's both actually. But I lived in the Montana mountains for awhile, and soon realized that the mountains don't give a damn about you. When people say there is a "spirit" it's not a lie. You can feel it. You can either respect it and live with it, or let it destroy you, that's your only choice, if you stay where you don't belong. Everything is harder in the mountains, and I mean EVERYTHING!

[@jeremyfromme9135]

Damn man. I clicked off a known country singer to listen to this song and I am not disappointed. Dont let the industry change you one bit.

[@bellechase1467]

DONT LET THE INDUSTRY CHANGE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@matth4900]

Like Tyler. Sad to see that potential go sideways

[@robertplymell3513]

Man I agree. Raw country like it used to be. Keep it up.

[@rjbradlow]

Tom Macdonald proved you don't need the industry at all to become successful doing what you love. he's here on KZbin... kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIeaoHyVj5trhs0

[@dabbindaily24]

Mainstream country is garbage. Fake lyrics about lives they don't live and the fake ass accent that all country singers think they need to be "country" so stupid. This kid on the other hand is a fantastic song writer and I love his voice

[@gavincoker5490]

No ones talking bout how the chords and the structure of the song is so brilliant

[@kane6529]

Wonderful song but very very basic song structure and chords which works amazingly well for his vocals here! Nothing unusual or complex going on though he just embellishes the chords nicely

[@CrackaBlanco]

Yeah I was gonna say the same thing. Not difficult chords at all to play but the brilliance as you mentioned is the structure along with that raw voice and emotion is just beautiful! Well done! Keep it up! It’s the first country song in a long while that I really enjoyed. Most Country songs and their lyrics today sound rushed with no emotion behind them. It’s quantity over quality which is sad. There are some Country Artist that could learn a thing or two from this gentleman. Very Nice!

[@333krook]

Is this the same the chord progression as "nose to the grindstone" by Childers?

[@jeffreyfinger6814]

Thanks to all of the coal miners for keeping our lights on and our homes warm.❤

[@pepegasourus]

Jerry fork out of Brennen WV your welcome brother

[@noahlocricchio5350]

He's got that raw talent that is rare to find nowadays. Similar to Tyler Childers and Zach Bryan, dude could sing a dictionary and you'd be enticed and drawn with each word spoken. Well done!

[@ZackofAllTrades87]

Exactly

[@urichjr]

Well said

[@douglasmackinnon7026]

My first thoughts.

[@lwild04]

Got that Cody jinks rawness

[@taileywhakkur]

Love that I'm not the only one that sees that! With Childers and Bryan specifically. Just started hearing this dude.

[@148woodrow]

The kid sings from the heart. Any child of a real working man father is touched by this song and the way he sings it.

[@scottrobertson9452]

That's it, young man! You have it, keep singing and writing! What you have is real. This is something Johnny Cash would have sung!

[@EggBear]

You spoke to my soul. Thankyou for singing, you made a middle aged woman missing her miner very happy for a moment. 🙌

[@jayharrison4002]

❤

[@logancarey9309]

listen to me right now kid. don’t you ever stop singing. you are going places! these words aren’t just words they have meanings and that’s a true artist

[@robertvaugahn3719]

amen this kid was this deciding vote rather id be comming back to wv or staying out of state making 6 figures , im bck here on the mouth of the coal .

[@tracypreston5526]

Amen🙏

[@CFMRocks]

would love to share some of my music with you kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6eQknqInbdqa5Y

[@challicelarose1709]

Born and bred in West Virginia myself, this gives me a whole new level of chills. Music, REAL music that takes true talent, likes this makes us West Virginians proud to be such. Speaking of the true lives of the coal miners (and many other blue collar workers) that give their bodies and lives to keep this country running.

[@levibowers9129]

Yeah bubba same here

[@levibowers9129]

Straight outta Roane county

[@andyeverett8490]

West Virginia boy here too. In TN now but come from a deep dark coal holler and this is RAW.

[@andyeverett8490]

Harrison County but lived in Boone, Clay, Nicholas, Upshur, Lewis and a slew of others growing up. Built coal temples as a young man. Almost 40 now and still remember where and what I came from.

[@stacierichmond4474]

Proud to be a McDowell girl, now living in NC. The mountains may have some evil ways but some of the best people I know are from those same mountains. Love this song….hope to hear more from this young man.

[@Kreepzex]

My papaw who has raised me recently passed away due to medical malpractice and this song just reminds me of him so much. Worked 43 years in the strip mines always woke up at 6am worked till 7pm. Always grabbed his hard hat and a sandwich. Love you ole man thanks for making me the man I am today. I will make you proud whether you are.

[@clayton9136]

RIP big dogg.

[@jazzfeline5970]

Rest in peace. Hope you're staying strong brother.

[@user-bw2lo9fn2t]

I can put this on repeat for a whole work shift. Love this, we need more of this

[@jebshellhole4652]

As a coal miner myself, I absolutely adore this song.

[@-n_hunter8403]

As a mtc worker for one of the last coal fired power plants I appreciate coal miners.....and of course this song!!

[@codyrebelcb]

Coal mining is dead. Question why is everyone upset an old way of life is done? Change is inevitable and not to be feared or hated.

[@icarusburning2208]

@@codyrebelcb fuck you

[@codyrebelcb]

@@icarusburning2208 you seem like an educated man

[@codyrebelcb]

@@icarusburning2208 by the way, I'm a welder. A trade that still is needed and has made me good money, unlike coal mining.

[@zackcaudillo3600]

You dont need to know anyone that works in a coal mine to know how beautiful this song is

[@scarrysherry67]

Amen ❣️🖤❣️

[@camperman1439]

Logan, God bless you son. Thank you for this song. I work as a gold miner in Alaska as a heavy Equipment Operator. I too grab my hard hat in the morning and pray that I make it home everyday with my beautiful wife and daughters on my mind. Please keep making music and sharing your God given talent with the world because you have struck a cord in my soul with your 6 string and your voice. Thank you for showing me a part of your soul. One love from Alaska. Feel free to drop ya brother a line

[@cynthiaadkins-zj9ut]

I grew up in the Appalachian Mountains and both my grandfathers and my father mined coal. I remember growing up all the local deaths from mine collapses and explosions and the miner's strikes, black lung .Hard times can birth beautiful, soul stirring music.

[@aaronplate2080]

Thank you Tyler Childers for inspiring a new line of musicians and singerd

[@wiggywu]

How do you know he had anything to do with this?

[@colemanstudy8323]

Because he has ears

[@halfdollar86]

My first thought as well.

[@CACoons07]

Don’t forget Colter Wall

[@alphaxx5075]

Don’t forget Zach bryan

[@daddycrucible4107]

Joined the marines to get out of those hills but damn do I miss them so so much. Only ppl from mountain mama can understand the love we have for it. 7 months awayreally makes miss you West Virginia 🏔

[@ferdsan9025]

Goodluck on your journey brother, be safe.

[@BigHrse]

Did the same from the hills of Carolina. Semper Fi Brother!

[@MrStaybrown]

Oorah

[@DC-jt9py]

Lived in WV working oil and gas. Much love and respect for the state and the people there. A piece of my heart will always be there.

[@radiowv]

It’s a bitter sweet feeling. I’ve been fortunate to find a job working remote and still live in Boone County but not sure that I want to raise a family here in the future. Nothing like home but man we’re holding onto threads with the economy here

[@caperguy99]

I'm from Cape Breton N.S My Dad went into the coal mines after 5 years fighting overseas in the second world war . He and Mom raised 9 kids on a coal miners pay . My older brother spent 28 years as well in that dirty hole a mile beneath the Atlantic ocean . They are both gone now and so are the mines . Great song Logan Godspeed brother !!

[@RonFleener]

I've done some rough jobs in my life, lived a rough childhood and went to prison at 17. I can hear the pain in the voice of these Miners. Something about the unspoken misery of one's journey is very touching. The power to keep going is unbreakable for some. For others it's crushing. One foot forward and always look back at your path. Self reflection is priceless.

[@mdavidreynolds]

Songs like this can save a man’s life

[@Scp716creativecommons]

Or, at least, a bit o their soul

[@huntharder5955]

Agreed 100%

[@leroymcghee1348]

What?! Explain this

[@Scp716creativecommons]

@@leroymcghee1348 my ma's been staying with us long enough, ain't no surprises

[@robertvaugahn3719]

truest words ive herd spoken in a while, WV boys don't quit remember that, weve lost enough

[@GemsOnVHS]

I like his sound.

[@CapBaileyASMR]

Unbelievably nice voice isn't it. The soft tones are crazy good.

[@jacobs.words.]

👀👀 this collab better happen

[@Beneastman3]

Atta boy make it happen!

[@MafiaproductionsIII]

Good to see I'm on the right path when discovering new music when I see you comment 2 hours prior!

[@jshearer3]

Need a Gems video with him for sure

[@vitamind1200]

I've listened to this song over 100 times and it still tears my eyes and rips at my soul so beautifully... Thank you Logan, don't let the industry change your magic.

[@nads755nads8]

my grandfather was a miner from Centralia,PA.. the town is gone and the coal fire is still burning. this song makes my heart hurt for how tough of a life it was for the miners.

[@benjaminwoolsey5199]

This sounds like "nose to the grindstone " by Tyler Childers but from his father's perspective.

[@katieskinn4346]

Accurate...

[@jaibennett9961]

if you listen at 1:36 its the same chords reminded me immediately

[@asfannin]

ooooh I like this

[@GetFuktPriusOwners]

Nailed it....

[@eore571]

I was hearing Tyler too honestly I just wasn't sure if I could compare the two since this man deserves his own little road

[@lawrencematherly1861]

Proud to be Appalachian, and blue collar. Proud to hear talent like this good job bud

[@5222k]

God Loves Appalachia!

[@larrym.johnson9219]

Amen. Proud WV Appalachian.

[@stonesauer5781]

What an Amazingly written song !!

[@craigpeace7755]

My dad was a coal miner in Kentucky. And passed away from back lung in 2007. This song hit home.

[@xxxxxVAxxxxx]

this young buck has a bright future with this. just don't lose sight of your soul in those bright lights..

[@nancylewishavensheart]

Both my grandpa's were coal miners. My Mom's Dad died of Black Lung disease in 1971. I've been in the openings of small coal mines in the Cumberland Co., TN hillsides when I was a small child, helping carry my Grandpa's lunch to him in a pail. They used carbide lamps & had a big white mule & a small brown pony that pulled the carts of coal back & forth. My Grandpa took care of the mules at his house. He was a blacksmith also.

[@chronicsrandommoments6823]

Love reading about the history of people Ive never met...thank you for sharing.♡♡♡

[@dominiquemcclelland7585]

My grandfather worked in the mines in Cumberland County as well....i was born there now im living in the coal fields of West Virginia!

[@jenniferpettit1622]

A New Englander here, raised on a dairy farm, still landscaping in my 70's...this song stopped me in my tracks on a Saturday morning with an emotional wallop. Just beautiful.

[@honestj820]

Hey how are you doing today?

[@Jeff566868]

When I was in the conservatory a famous jazz musician told me at the ripe age of 19 that I didn’t know how to play jazz. I knew how to play the notes and read the music but I hadn’t lived enough to get that authentic feeling, my blue notes weren’t blue enough and I didn’t know the pain we sang about. You sir, know that feeling. It’s in your voice.

[@backroadaggie15]

I think this song can speak to anyone who has ever worked like this or had a family member do so. My dad worked a cattle ranch every day of his life for 48 years. When the owner’s son took over he let my dad go and hired somebody he was friends with. No pension plan or retirement, just 50 years of blood, sweat, and tears left on the dust and dirt of central Texas. My brothers and I grew up working that ranch and loved it, but I understand why my dad always encouraged us to work a different job when we grew up. Great song 👍🏻

[@Leo-vr3bg]

It’s a sad reality like the whole nation has ditched us for their younger and prettier friends. A whole region of this nation has been hallowed out and spat to the curb, to live off food stamps and opioids. I feel for your dads struggles.

[@tylerhall8919]

From Abilene here many people where we are from drove cattle, picjed/hoed cotton, or laid railroad worked 10-16 hours a day in 108° tempature to die with not having two dimes to rub together.

[@barefootbreezy6983]

Eastern Kentucky boy here. This nation has forgotten that the people from this region were the backbone for America. Coal provided everything, won wars and built the greatest nation ever.

[@sherryarmstrong4683]

Hauntingly beautiful! I'm a coal miner's granddaughter, from Fayette county.

[@philvelasquez5982]

Check out tyler Childers

[@daniellewarren1359]

They will never stop digging it's just who gets the benefit

[@MrLamborghinikid]

Talent, I could listen to this song over and over. Almost brings the mountains and lifestyle into your living room. I love the heritage and the true feel you get from this song.

[@ronframe2529]

Real country music. My grandfather lied about his age to go into the army during the Korean war. Didn't want to be a coal miner or be on the farm he grew up on.

[@Ty-nq4fh]

My father did the same. Signed up at 16.5 to escape a nightmare.

[@savannahsimons1931]

My husband does tree work and this is one song he's been playing when he gets ready in the morning on repeat. U give us hope that people still know these rough ways in the mountains ⛰

[@BigSkip304]

I worked in the mines for 15 years I had to quit when I got sick plus Obama was shutting us down. But now I own a logging company and trust me. Logging and mining are so different yet exactly the same. Same as in hard work, pride and it takes a special breed to do it. I think all the time about how I always say I’m really a coal miner but I’ve got sawdust mixed in the coal dust that runs through my veins

[@justinmidgette2391]

That’s interesting I’m an arborist myself and I play this often before making my climb in the trees.. tell your husband to stay safe out there; from a tree brother across the branch.

[@tommygiroux6512]

Same I’m a faller in Alberta Canada 🇨🇦 and I listen to this

[@austinpace6051]

Lead groundsmen for 6 years. the rough ways still show through. The modern day cowboy some might say.

[@evanweeks8492]

I run a tree service and am a climber

[@macalooga1]

What a voice!!! What a song!!! Thanks, Logan. I'm from a Scottish mining family and you touched my heart.

[@janastevens4312]

LOTS of great talent in West Virginia

[@johnmyers6802]

Im from a line of miners, loggers, and truckers and grew up on appalachian folk music like this and the authentic stuff like this is so damn haunting even today. Hello and thank you from a good ole boy from Pennsylvania

[@joecat916]

Was born in carbon county. I'd hate to do the miners did. My ancestors cut mine props. Went to school with welsh and russians. God have grace on our good lands!

[@DaynonLato]

Makes me wish I could’ve grown up somewhere like you man I’m from California and I really dislike it here. I’d like to move somewhere back east I just feel like I’d stick out like a sore thumb being from Orange County with such a different way of life.

[@tubingtomtom]

Sounds like a smooth shot of whiskey. Can’t wait to hear more.

[@kellyhenderson7915]

Please keep singing and doing what you are doing!!! I wish you and people like you would take over the radio!!!

[@Blashyrkh89]

Awesome song. As a former oil field trash, I can say it’s the same concept. Oil and gas definitely took my soul but I was luckily able to get out of it. As great as the industry was to me it was also a curse for a long time. And while I was able to get out it will always have my soul and will be a huge part of who I am. Thanks to coal miners and all mining/extraction professionals for keeping the world turning.

[@roberteicher2690]

I'm still in the patch and my first thoughts were this long applies to the patch as well

[@clr977]

I don’t even listen to country, saw this young man and decided to click. Very nice song guy👍🏽 God Bless the working man. 🙏🏽

[@misfitcrow3350]

This ain't country. This is grown-folks music. We're blessed with more and more of it these days. Check out Shovels and Rope-Coping Mechanism

[@magicmistake9110]

This reminds me of my dad, he was a coal miner, he died a while ago, and as soon as I heard this song I started crying. I just miss you . I love you dad❤️

[@MaryYDyer]

My grandfather was a coal miner, Was in the Korean War and died of black lung. We are from Ohio Appalachian area this music brought tears to my eyes. He was always there for us, made sure we knew about God, and definitely knew how to fish! I am who I am because of a coal miner.

[@honestj820]

Hello how are you doing today?😊

[@ch64621]

Cool song, playing this loudly in the Republic of Vanuatu. I have always been into country music since I was a kid. We need more songs like this in these modern times.

[@jessestewart6886]

being someone that is borderline bipolar and dealing with some of the darkest demons everyday this song hits home for some reason and i dont know why as im not a coal miner so thank you and i continue to listen a couple of times aweek to ground my self again

[@honestj820]

Hello how are you doing?

[@darrynberry8124]

If you gonna belt out a blue collar tune this is how it’s done . Bravo fella

[@josephweldon3688]

This channel is amazing. Thank you Oliver Anthony, there are so many talented singers who need recognition. It’s my new favorite music channel to listen to.

[@robertrhead570]

Discovered Logan's music yesterday morning when it popped up on an Amazon Music playlist. Best Christmas present this year. Ordered the CD there and then.

[@zenz8292]

U can hear the influence of people like Tyler love to hear it man keep playin I’ll see you on stage on day 🙌

[@daltonbrennan8242]

I heard a little Steve earl as well

[@AndrewHenderson23]

Dude I was thinking the same thing I definitely see Childers having a Harvey influence on this guy!

[@justinmckisic4685]

What a powerful song from a young person. I am from WV. Anyone from there can relate to this.

[@alec9282]

Western Pa get this song too. Great job buddy.

[@venturinaround]

Worked in the mines for 10 years before I was "forced into retirement" when they closed the doors that January morning. This song really hits home. It was hard work but I enjoyed it.

[@slimpickens4892]

Amen. West Virginia people can relate to this. I’m Proud to be from West Virginia.!! The mountains are in our blood

[@slimpickens4892]

If your from West Virginia, everyone has a spot that looks the same as the back drop that he has. If you don’t know what I’m taking about, your NOT from West Virginia!! W.V. Proud!!!!

[@robertvaugahn3719]

It was powerful enough for me to get up and tell my boss im gone no rasie is worth it to me, If ur from WV, WVU grad. raised on the Coal River nothing will be worth leaving.... to beat that when i got back everyones dead or zombies....

[@steffikriegbaum5198]

Great song, super voice, go on boy - you are reaching hearts❤ Warm greetings from the very South of Germany 🤗

[@FaLLoUT76GuY456]

Sad to say but real people making real music like this is a dying breed. Cheers to you bud! I listen to this song On my way to work damn near every morning

[@RobertoTrama]

Logan has the songwriting gift that very few are blessed with. Beautiful.

[@chancelamkin4607]

A wise man once said, “when God spoke out ‘let there be light’ he put the first of us in the ground”

[@camperman1439]

That's a Damn good song brotha!!! That boy and you ain't lyin

[@ryank9910]

This song gives me the chills. Love it!

[@shammaboy]

This song really hits hard, so beautiful. Just love it. Took my wife to the pioneer coal mine in Ashland PA yesterday, really gives you a sense of what these brave men went through for their families, and this song made for perfect driving music on the way back home.

[@Bigrudd72]

I’m a surface miner here in east Ky. Work is very hard and takes a toll on your body. It ain’t easy trying to make it here at home in the heart of east ky. I couldn’t imagine going underground though. Thanks for this song it sure hits home.

[@fordpowertik6049]

I’m a surface coal miner up in Wyoming. Sun of the ol timers you can tell it’s taken a toal on there body, especially the ones who used to work under ground.

[@whitneymiracle7288]

All of my family is from Eastern Kentucky (Middlesboro and Corbin) and my papaw and all of my uncle's were underground coal miner's. I couldn't have more love, gratitude and respect for the men in my family and all they sacrificed. And then watching every one of them pass away as a result from the job they worked so hard at is heartbreaking. I don't think people understand or care to understand if it doesn't effect them directly. As for me, so proud of my roots and where I come from. Thanks for what you do...

[@gamesofcontent]

I scrolled passed this video atleast 50 times; never before have a felt such a fool.

[@davidgearardo1788]

Fact, same, in my feed and i never clicked, oof

[@ADEMILY87]

*past

[@frankiesmith9963]

As soon as I heard this I turned my daughter on to it. In return her friends are searching spotify for him! He's fabulous!

[@SapperRJMorgan]

Me too.

[@sydneyevans2637]

Not a fool at all...just wasn't your time to see it.

[@shotgunz1248]

Born and raised in West by God My dad told me when I was a child Don’t go in the mines son I never have and never will I learned his 2 nd trade after he worked 21 years in mines got laid off and drove big trucks So I become a diesel mechanic and drive till I got cancer and took me out

[@WayOfHaQodesh]

Beautiful music brother. Clean voice, soothing and comforting. YAH bless you brother.

[@thertmodale]

My grandfather was a coal miner in a small town in West Virginia. He packed up and moved to Key West FL. He said it was so his daughter's would not marry a coal miner. He got out and lived into his 80's.

[@idratherbflyingthesaucer6270]

It's the hair folks.. He's bringing it back. 1 man 1 microphone and 1guitar =priceless

[@paulromero2368]

Unless it’s bob dylan

[@jameswilliamw.741]

Mullet power

[@donaldroller3461]

Son, don't ever stop playing guitar and singing with that heavenly voice our good God blessed you with! Please I am begging you! God bless you Logan! ❤️

[@faithgray3067]

They don't make country music like this anymore. This song gave me goosebumps.....Never EVER change! Your keeping what many country music artist have forgotten alive.

[@ofcliner9609]

Wasn't a coal minor, I worked in the oil field for awhile. I can relate to my family on my mind and hear the pain in this song for the men and women that sacrificed everything for their family. Some will never get it. But the fuel industry no matter if oil, gas,, or coal presents you with no struggle for yours. But man does it take your youth, your health and your soul. Good song brother. Keep em comin.

[@emileepatton4714]

My dad was a miner for 44 years almost lost him twice..in the mines..now my son is down there. ...But his heart is still behind the wheel of an 18 wheeler...proud of you so much son..I love you no matter what you do and a mother ALWAYS worries about their children

[@tweekachu2605]

Luv u too mumzie’s 😬

[@DeeplyDrivenOutdoors]

His song writing and delivery are bone-chilling. His whole album is a phenom.

[@dagrat101ttv5]

A song that tells a story, and carries a meaning, hard to find these that aren’t sold out now a days, keep it up man, you carry the weight of true country on your back, and very few can share that same load

[@benno____9318]

Every now and then... i listen to this gem and it gives me chills...thank you for your music...greetings all the way from germany

[@CJ-id5ir]

Starring at my hard hat and boots right now tears in my eyes and nothing but pride in my heart 💪🙏

[@houseofhoon]

I tell ya what, between Rich Men North of Richmond and this beautiful song, I'm convinced Appalachian Folk Music is about as close as you can get to hearing a man's soul express the oppression of working class.

[@brantfrederick9917]

Love this song been listening to it for a long time reminds me of my West Virginia roots the best times of my life hope to get back there one day I miss it’s pure beauty! When they lay me in the ground one day that’s the only ground I want to be put in.

[@charlzwood2324]

Upchurch brought me here!!!! Beautiful sound!!! Much Love from Canada!!!

[@honestj820]

Hello how are you doing?

[@terrytillman5715]

I went to college in West Virginia in the late 70s, early 80s and it was there that I was introduced to coal mining songs. I am not a musician myself, but I love the soul in coal mining music. Thank you for nearly bringing tears to my eyes remembering my younger days.

[@jamestownvirginia8463]

I was a freshman at Pitt in 78, we had the same thing happen with steel. I learned quick... I'll never forget.

[@southern_rebel2056]

I still go back to this song time time, never ceases to amaze me

[@DoorsRecords]

Well said, well sang, well done. Thank you.