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![["Elaine (Moore) Purkey is an activist songwriter and musician from Harts Creek, West Virginia in Lincoln County. She was born on May 29, 1949, on the same piece of property where she still lives. She was raised in a family of musicians and flatfoot dancers and attributes her powerful voice to the acapella singing she learned as a member of the Church of Christ. As a teenager she played in bands with her brother, and in early adulthood she was the lead singer of a local country band. In the 1980s, she began performing regularly on the Wallace Horn Friendly Neighbors Show, a live radio program out of Logan County that has been on the air since 1967. She now hosts the show. Elaine performed a concert at Yasou Greek Restaurant in McDowell County on July 8, 2017. The concert was sponsored by the West Virginia Folklife Program at the West Virginia Humanities Council and McArts."]](/thumb/4224PurkeyElaineVideo0017817 "Elaine Purkey plays her original song \"Keepers of the Mountains\" at Yasou Greek Restaurant")
- Identifier:
- 4224.PurkeyElaine.Video.001.7.8.17
- Title:
- Elaine Purkey plays her original song "Keepers of the Mountains" at Yasou Greek Restaurant
- Date:
- 2017-07-08
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Working class--Songs and music and Purkey, Elaine
- Location:
- Kimball (W. Va.)
![["Elaine (Moore) Purkey is an activist songwriter and musician from Harts Creek, West Virginia in Lincoln County. She was born on May 29, 1949, on the same piece of property where she still lives. She was raised in a family of musicians and flatfoot dancers and attributes her powerful voice to the acapella singing she learned as a member of the Church of Christ. As a teenager she played in bands with her brother, and in early adulthood she was the lead singer of a local country band. In the 1980s, she began performing regularly on the Wallace Horn Friendly Neighbors Show, a live radio program out of Logan County that has been on the air since 1967. She now hosts the show. Elaine performed a concert at Yasou Greek Restaurant in McDowell County on July 8, 2017. The concert was sponsored by the West Virginia Folklife Program at the West Virginia Humanities Council and McArts."]](/thumb/4224PurkeyElaineVideo0027817 "Elaine Purkey plays her original song \"One Day More\" at Yasou Greek Restaurant")
- Identifier:
- 4224.PurkeyElaine.Video.002.7.8.17
- Title:
- Elaine Purkey plays her original song "One Day More" at Yasou Greek Restaurant
- Date:
- 2017-07-08
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Purkey, Elaine and Working class--Songs and music
- Location:
- Kimball (W. Va.)
![["Singer-songwriter Glen Simpson of Hardy, Kentucky plays his original song \"Don't Shoot Him Anymore,\" based on the murders of Sid Hatfield and Edward Chambers during the West Virginia Mine Wars. Shot at United Mine Workers of America Local 1440 in Matewan, West Virginia as part of the George Mason Folklore Field School. Find more of Simpson's music at http://glen-simpson.com/"]](/thumb/4224SimpsonGlennVideo00152218 "Singer-songwriter Glen Simpson of Hardy, KY sings \"Don't Shoot Him Anymore,\" based on the murders of Sid Hatfield and Edward Chambers during the West Virginia Mine Wars")
- Identifier:
- 4224.SimpsonGlenn.Video.001.5.22.18
- Title:
- Singer-songwriter Glen Simpson of Hardy, KY sings "Don't Shoot Him Anymore," based on the murders of Sid Hatfield and Edward Chambers during the West Virginia Mine Wars
- Date:
- 2018-05-22
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Coal miners--West Virginia, Labor disputes--West Virginia, Working class--Songs and music, Labor union locals, Coal mines and mining, Labor union members, and Coal mines and mining in art
- Location:
- Mingo County (W. Va.)
