“Blue John Mine” is a song recorded by Ronnie Bowman, the Virginia-born singer and songwriter who first made his name with the Lonesome River Band. He included it on a solo album released in 1998.
The song belongs to the coal-mining tradition that runs deep in bluegrass. The mine of the title stands for hard, dangerous work and for the hold such labor keeps on a mountain community; Bowman gives the subject the brooding, plaintive feel that marks his singing.
Bowman built a reputation both as a Nashville songwriter and as a soulful lead voice.
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