Nimrod Workman
Highlander Workshop, 1972
Photographer: Doug Yarrow
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Nimrod
Workman, a retired West Virginia coal miner, shown here
in his eighties, sings to workshop participants ancient
ballads and Old Regular Baptist long-meter hymns side
by side with his original satires and laments like "Watergate
Boogie" and "Black Lung Blues." In
these workshops younger people would contribute contemporary
song and stories, as well as ideas about problems and
solutions.
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