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===Music=== Harlan County is mentioned in many versions of the 18th-century folk song "[[Shady Grove (song)|Shady Grove]]". The famous labor song, "[[Which Side Are You On?]]", was written by [[Florence Reece]] in 1931 in and about Harlan. It has been covered by many artists from [[Pete Seeger]] and [[the Almanac Singers]] to [[Billy Bragg]], the [[Dropkick Murphys]], and [[Natalie Merchant]]. Harlan is mentioned in the [[Aaron Watson]] song "Kentucky Coal Miner's Prayer". It is mentioned in Robert Mitchum's recording "Ballad of Thunder Road" as a stop along a [[moonshine]] route. It is the subject of the [[Darrell Scott]] song "[[You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive]]", which has been covered by [[Brad Paisley]], [[Dave Alvin]], [[Kathy Mattea]], and [[Patti Loveless]], among others, and has been heard in several versions on the TV drama ''[[Justified (TV series)|Justified]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bianculli|first1=David|title='Justified' Ends With An Unpredictable, Poetic And Memorable Finale|url=https://www.npr.org/2015/04/15/399842184/justified-ends-with-an-unpredictable-poetic-and-memorable-finale|website=Fresh Air|publisher=NPR|access-date=April 16, 2018|date=April 15, 2015}}</ref> [[Dave Alvin]] also wrote and performed his song, "Harlan County Line" for an episode of ''[[Justified (TV series)|Justified]]''. [[Dierks Bentley]]'s song "Down in the Mine", on his ''Up on the Ridge'' album, mentions Harlan. The band [[Spear of Destiny (band)|Spear of Destiny]] included the song "Harlan County", on their 1985 album [[World Service (Spear of Destiny album)|'' World Service'']]. Harlan County is mentioned in the [[Merle Travis]] song [[Nine Pound Hammer]] which he wrote in 1939; it has been covered by many bluegrass artists including [[Doc Watson]]. [[Wayne Kemp]] wrote and recorded a song called "Harlan County." Harlan County is also the name of the first album by [[Jim Ford (singer-songwriter)|Jim Ford]], 1969, as well as a song bearing the same name. The [[Dave Alvin]] song "Harlan County Line" takes place around the area of Harlan. Singer/Songwriter [[Loudon Wainwright III]] included a song titled "Harlan County" on his 2014 album ''I Haven't Got The Blues (Yet)''. Harlan County is mentioned as the setting of the [[David Allan Coe]] song "Daddy Was A God Fearin' Man" in his 1977 album [[Tattoo (David Allan Coe album)|Tattoo]]. Steve Earle wrote and recorded "Harlan Man" included on the 1999 Grammy-nominated album " The Mountain" recorded with the Del McCoury Band. The Cast Iron Filter song "Harlan County, USA" from the 2000 album "Further Down the Line" recounts a dramatization of the Eastover/Brookside coal miners' strike.
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