SONGS BY THE GREAT BALLADEER OF THE COALFIELDS
The remarkable writings of Tyneside ‘pit poet’ Tommy Armstrong (1848-1919), one of the finest of all working class song-makers are celebrated in a recording by some of the North East’s finest folk musicians.
1 Tom Gilfellon & Louis Killen with Johnny Handle & Colin Ross : Durham Gaol
2 Louis Killen acc. Colin Ross : The Row Between the Cages
3 Tom Gilfellon with Johnny Handle & Colin Ross : The Birth of the Lad
4 Louis Killen acc. Colin Ross : Maria Hill Ducks
5 Tom Gilfellon with Johnny Handle & Colin Ross : Oakey’s Keeker
6 Maureen Craik acc. Colin Ross : The Durham Lockout
7 Tom Gilfellon with Johnny Handle & Colin Ross : Wor Nanny’s Maizor
8 Tom Gilfellon with Louis Killen, Johnny Handle & Colin Ross : The Oakey Strike Evictions
9 Louis Killen acc. Johnny Handle, Colin Ross & Tom Gilfellon : The Sheel Raw Flood
10 Johnny Handle with Tom Gilfellon & Colin Ross : The Hedgehog Pie
11 Louis Killen acc. Colin Ross : The Ghost that Haunted Bunty
12 Johnny Handle & Tom Gilfellon with Colin Ross : The Skuil Board Man
13 Maureen Craik : The Trimdon Grange Explosion
14 Johnny Handle with Tom Gilfellon, Louis Killen & Colin Ross : The South Medomsley Strike
