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<h6>Muddy Coal Mine</h6>
Muddy Coal Mines was written by Rocky Alvey in 2005<br />
Recorded by Rocky Alvey<br />
Produced by T.J. Larkin and Rocky Alvey<br />
The song website and video - http://www.muddycoalmine.com<br />
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In 1964 Alvey attended second grade in a one-room schoolhouse in Muddy Illinois. Looming over the school was the abandoned coal mine tipple from the O'Gara #12 mine. The mine was closed in 1937 due to the great flood of the Ohio River. The impression the old concrete structure made on Alvey led to the lyric "the tipple still stands like an ancient ruin, a monument to those who went inside, witness to the souls that have descended but never came up from the Muddy Coal Mine."<br />
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Growing up around coal miners, Alvey knew the turbulent history of mining in Southern Illinois. His maternal grandfather was nearly crushed to death in a mine accident in a rock fall. Muddy Coal Mine was written as a result of hearing the horrific stories about the Cherry Coal Mine tragedy, coupled with tales about the mining accidents around Saline County Illinois, plus the experience of his grandfather mining accident.<br />
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Muddy Sunshine Music, Nashville, TN
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