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Nimrod Workman (November 5, 1895 – November 26, 1994) was an American folk singer, coal miner and trade unionist. His musical repertoire included traditional English and Scottish ballads passed down through his family, Appalachian folk songs and original compositions.
23 de abr. de 2020 · Coal miner, union activist, and singer Nimrod Workman performs "Oh Death." Shot by Alan Lomax and crew at Nimrod and Molly Workman's home in Mascot, Tennessee, July 26, 1983. For more...
26 de jul. de 2010 · 18K views 13 years ago. Coal miner, union activist, and singer Nimrod Workman performs one of his original topical compositions, "42 Years." Shot by Alan Lomax and crew at Nimrod and Molly...
Coal miner, union activist, and singer Nimrod Workman sings "Gabriel's Trumpet," also known as "I Want To Go Where Things Are Beautiful." Shot by Alan Lomax ...
Nimrod Workman was born in Martin County, Kentucky, in 1895 to a farming family that eked out a living in the remote Tug River country. He was named after his grandfather, a full-blooded Cherokee Indian who fought in the Civil War and who taught his namesake the old ballads from Britain about lords and ladies and the ancient Scottish wars
29 de nov. de 1994 · Nimrod Workman, a folk singer and former coal miner who found fame in later years at folk festivals and on television, died here on Saturday. He was 99. Mr. Workman performed his songs of the...
26 de feb. de 2009 · He treats them like old friends, and that affection makes I Want to Go Where Things Are Beautiful not simply a catalog of 20th-century songs, but an amusing and affecting record of a man gleefully...
