Taylor Ray Holbrook - Coal Town - Official Music Video
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"Coal Town" Merch: goo.gl/FySmRz
HUGE thanks to everyone who helped out with the making of this music video! It's filmed all over my hometown in southwest Virginia, & southeastern Kentucky. The words are true & this song means so much to me & people who understand what I'm singing about!
#CoalKeepsTheLightsOn
Ya'll GOTTA check out that Portal 31 in Lynch, Kentucky!
You get to actually go down in an old mine! Super educational.
Highly recommended.
www.portal31.org/
Thank ya'll so much for your support! Still independent!
Written by: Taylor Ray Holbrook, Luke Combs, & James McNair
Produced by: Phivestarr
Video Directed by: Daniel Kabouni
More Of Me: www.linktr.ee/TaylorRayHolbrook - เพลง
Not much real country songs these days but this is real to me.
No kidding. I'm not even from The state. South Carolina ✌
This hits home, our mine collapsed twice killing a lot of the men in my already small town. Ever since the mines closed my town turned into a drug poverty stricken town. We went from being a town that supplied canada with a lot of its coal to rubble.
Coal miner’s wife from WV. My husband is a 4th generation miner. May god bless and keep you all safe ❤️
Born and raised in Southern Virginia. Everytime I hear this song it makes me cry. My grandpa was a coal miner in West Virginia. He was a very special man who I miss dearly. This song is dedicated to him. Thanks Taylor.
Born, raised, and living in Southwest VA, this song really hits home.
This song could only be wrote by somebody that actually lived in that world. Nobody else could understand it enough to write about it like this and get it right. Thank you so much
I did underground miming in West Virginia good job and miss it .4th Generation
That’s my home town I know where all them places and sites are I miss my home and how it was such a great place. Thank you for shining in on our small towns .
This hits home to me I'm from hazard KY aint much left on my coal town
it should hit home real hard man. because that is hazard well at least 1 part of that song is in hazard
@@bradmarcum3160 Lee Co sheriff office? Is That jonesville? I was born and raised in jonesville.
Same man hazard ant nothing no more
My mom's family is from Pikeville. I spent my summers at Bad Fork Hollow. Those days are long gone.
Im Harlan Co KY
I remember when he first released this song. And how much life has changed since then. God bless y'all, I'm praying for our country
Born and raised in southwest Virginia and this song hits home so hard. Proud to be from a coal family
Jonathan Baughman SAMW
It hard. To live you home town
This speaks so highly to me, my family is from Buchanan County, VA and this is so true. My popaw was the last of coal miners in our family, my daddy had to take a job in the prison where he died in the line of duty, and my husband is a logger. And we are just picking up the pieces of the ground, of what’s left of a coal town. Thank you so much for this song Mr. Holbrook ❤️❤️❤️ you never cease to amaze me 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
We have cousins that were coal miners. My husband's mom's dad was a coal miner, they're from Big Stone Gap, and the cousin is in this video he is the mayor of BSG he is the one that is wearing a yellow shirt under a camo shirt
I work at the coffee shop across from Portal 31 in Lynch, KY where some of this was filmed. My dad worked the mines from age 8 in the late 1940's-50's and his brother worked at Portal 31 until he got too sick to work. Coal has always been a huge part of my family, and out small town. I'm proud to be from a Coal Town and to be a Coal Miner's Daughter!!!
Watch this when I'm homesick for Lynch, KY. Love seeing my hometown in this video! ♥️
Coal miners daughter from Pikeville, KY.
This song hits home, my dad was a miner for 20 years ( as the generations before him) & in the last 3-4 years had to find work elsewhere.
loooove this song ❤️
It made me cry a little growing up in the hills of WV I've watched people have to move because the jobs have
Andrea Sponaugle same
Yup it sucks now it seem like our syate.is just getting gutted by the economy and evey Is trying to get out as soon as they can
That son of a bitch number 44 ruined my home I will never forget what he did to my family
I move form wv because of my job was gone the close the mines
I worked at the jails there. There’s not much work but it’s a beautiful state
You are such a blessing! My family is from Appalachia and you shined a light on a place that many ignore but that I call home. I can not thank you enough. You have a gift and you made (and continue to make) truly beautiful works of art!
Gracie Holbrook me to and do you know Dawson Holbrook
Aaron Gunter I am afraid I don't but I have been trying to learn more about my extended family! It is a small world though ain't it!
Same my family lives in appalachia
Thank you so much taylor for all your music but especially this song and video! My mother had my brother and i moving about once a year when we were kids and finally we settled for 9 yrs on wilson street in old bottom. I moved to Appalachia when i 9 yrs. old, we would go up on boggs mtn and ride around. Before i moved into town i lived in stonega (for about 4-5 yrs.) We even had a coal truck run through our yard on a rainy night, he tore the fence, power lines and everything down. We would play kn the creek and catch craw dads, thinking we were so cool. Then we moved to new bottom, during the day we would walk up to appy pool ( before closed down) and walk to the park with my family. We would go to the natural tunnel (before they made the walking deck) and walk the trestles to caves and bsg. During the night we would walk on main street and go through old bottom and new bottom just to be out of the house, or get kids to sleep. And on boggs there was this certain spot that you can stand at and during the night you see the whole town light up while listening to the trains. It was my favorite spot to be when i was up there. Now i live in cape coral flordia (for 4 yrs. now) and there nothing but pine trees and palm trees, no weather change besides rain and shine. So i get beyond homesick and when you accounced coal town i was beyond excited i and the video made it my favorite song ever. I love Appalachia its such a wonder town and area. It saddens me that the drugs have got so bad but no matter what happens in that town it will always be home to me. So this video helps me with keeping my home sickness at bay thank you so much!! 🙏❤😊
My grandfather worse his fingers to the Bone in the mines in KY and WV to provide for 4 kids to keep them outa the mines and pushed them north to the factory's. That man was the hardest working man I've known. He died from black lung in 2010. Couldn't leave the life behind he allways went back to make that extra dollar his whole life. I didn't grow up in a coal town but this song reminds me of that man! Thanks for the memories.. keep on doing what you do! It's guys like you saving what's left of country music
dude......i found you thru southern land which is one of my favorite songs of all time from anyone..amazing..but the more i search your work im convinced you will be more than great !! your real and an ispiriation. thank u. for your music.
Good video chief, hard working American's, makes me proud to be American
I love that I feel like I was a part of this from him posting on Snapchat of “behind” the scenes and knowing who his grandpa and dad were. ☺️ Taylor’s one of my favorite artists because how much he includes his fans.
I from Appalachia Va my Dad was a coal miner along with my Papaw and several of my uncles.My Dad still lives in the hollar of Stonega where I grew up and where he worked in the mines.I live about 5 minutes down the road from Appalachia.This song really touches on everyone who ever had family to work in the mines.
So much emotion.. that is what makes a song worth coming back for! Great production and talent!
AGH IVE WAITED SOO LONG FOR THIS
Brother this is just absolutely beautiful. Amazing song
I've been to Appy, I'm not from there but I go to church there sometimes, and my boyfriend lives in Coeburn. I absolutely LOVE IT THERE! If there was any where I could be 25/8 it would be Coeburn, Norton, Appalachia, or Big Stone! ❤️
I have live in southwestern Virginia my whole life, this song really hits home for my community
I feel you ❤️
Beautiful message. Brave hard working gentlemen, just all the people. Years and years or hard working dreamers. Brick by brick and all the little pieces. Very valuable.
Thank you for two things shedding light on those most of don't even think about day to day welder and construction worker so I know what it is to not be able to breath at the end of the day many days I've thrown up due to trying to get all the crap out after a day of work
...... Secondly thank you for the real.cou try no snap or clap in the background of the song and lyrics about real shit keep it up bubba country isn't dead it's just not played on the radio
That one dude You don't know amen brother! 🙏
You must be welding flux core 233, I know what ya mean ironhead here.
After the last 10 years of wage stagnation in the manufacturing sector I had to just hang my hood up, the juice just no longer became worth the squeeze. Its super depressing giving up something you love.
@@Troph2 i dont understand why no one wears respirators. I just started my ironworkers apprenticeship and not one person ive met uses one. i use one when i feel needed. and it has saved me many days of hacking and digging all the nasty shit out of my airways. but the wage stagnation comment is so true. and fortunately but unfortunately it is why i joined the ironworkers union.
My Grandfather was a coal miner in southeast Kentucky back in the 30's & 40's.
My husban works the Oilfields all over Texas. It takes a special breed to work those jobs. A man with a strong back, mind & a good strong woman to hold the homefront down until he pulls back into the driveway.
2014 hit us hard. So many of our oilfield families lost so much. It was hard to watch them suffer.
Thank God that he kept doors open to provide for our family. Thank God I saved $. Thank God for what we have today. While our men slave in all kinds of weather we have to be strong for them & a soft place to land when he gets home.
Now my son is following his daddies foot steps.
Beautiful song Taylor Ray!! Keep it up buddy👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸
Awesome work Taylor! Thank you for putting the spotlight on the people that deserve it most...... the small town hard working people.
I have been waiting since you announced this
I've been waiting to hear this😍😍 I love it!!
I love this song! It speaks so much truth and hits home! Well done Taylor!
Whole family worked in the mines, my dad is actually born and raised in Appalachia VA, this hits home!
I myself live in a small town place here in Virginia called Giles county we are a small pin dot on the map where everyone knows everyone an most are even kin...I'm about 10 minutes from the West Virginia line...I have plenty of cousins that work at bland correctional farm as an officer an my sister worked at the new river valley regional jail a bunch of them have also served in the army gotta say this is one of my favorite songs shows how us Virginia people live
Not that many Virginians live that way chief. Get outta there
I work at warrior met coal in Alabama. 2245 feet underground. I don’t know what id do without my longwall shearer and shields in my life. Coal mining will become a part of you. I sure hope these headlamps never quit burning. Keep on diggin boys
I love this little town. I painted the water tanks years ago. A great place!
Being a coal miners wife and living in southern WV...this definitely hits my feels ❤ We've almost had to move out of state multiple times, but by the grace of God my husband would always find another job. This life is ridiculed and overlooked a lot, but this is real life for A LOT of us. You're doing great work with ur music and making it REAL...that's why you are so loved. Keep up the great work. God's got big plans for you!
My dad worked at Mine 26 in Pike county Kentucky . He was a proud member and supporter of the UMWA. Daddy's no longer here but it means a lot to me.
Reminds me of my home town of breathitt county ky and hazard. I grew up in the mines as a kid when my dad was a mechanic for whaynes supply. Now I'm a coal miner in wyoming. Thanks for the song man
I’m the granddaughter of a coal miner from Harlan, Kentucky. My mother’s dad passed away from black lung a long time ago due to coal mining. Coal mining is all that town knows.
Sorry for your loss i'd say that was very tough on you. I'm the son of a coal mine. Born and raised in Harlan and the mines are still going but I'd say not for much longer they got some stuff still going as long as Biden don't shut them down.
My mom's dad died in Harlan as well, but from a mining accident. I never got to meet him as it happened about 3 years before I was born.
My ole Kentucky home struggles coal is gone and so is the soul of the area
Love this and love my home in West Virginia coal miners daughter here born and raised...Proud of my father who was a true coal miner.
What a nice funeral song for a whole era. Time walks on. Everything and everyone has to evolve and to adapt. Nostalgia seldom gives sound advice. Let's not make the mistakes of generations past all over again.
My mom was born & raised in Kentucky. Her dad was a coal miner.
I remember stories my mom would tell me about growing up, she'd get 1 pair of shoes a year. Her barbie dolls were cut from a magazine. My Grandmother washing clothes in the creek behind the house. Making due with what they had.
Waiting since October
Aysha Jones it takes time to make good stuff
I drive them roads everyday...love the song thanks Taylor
Anything Taylor Ray Holbrook sings is gold
Born, raised, and always be in my part of Southwest Virginia coal mines runs in the blood in my family and we gotta keep the tradition going. I love being a part of my Coal town its filled with hard working men and then filled with druggies but we gotta work for what we got and we let the lights in #coalkeepsthelightson #sonlikefather #familytradtition
Both my grandfather's work the mine west Virginia 43 years and Kentucky 44 years
Not really sure how I ended up here but as someone who was born and raised in caol town in Germany, I just wanted to let you know that this is a great song and I appreciate your work and the people who carried the economy on their backs for so long. Thank you!
words could never explain how thankful i am for taylor ray and his inspirational music 😭😭❤️ you make life so much better!
I love this song as I was raised in Appalachia and main street being in it is sooooo amazing and helps with homesickness. I miss appy elementary but truly miss Union high
Watching this really hit home because no one ever looks at the small towns. I miss my small town a lot, the city is nothing compared to those small country towns. Another beautiful song with an even more beautiful video.
Reminds me of back home in Eastern Kentucky Lynch. A very very poor small coal town.
That song was moving! Been watching since you were hauling wood singing in your tractor. What a long way you have come and to come back and write this beautiful piece i tell you what you got me blubbering! You bring meaning to the words you sing and highlight the important things that matter in this world. Well done! ❤️
I’ve been waiting on this since December😭💗💗
My daddy is a retired West Virginia coal miner, ty for this song🥰😘
I've been waiting so long for this song to come out!. I really like this song a lot 😊 You have a really good voice 😊
There is not much of us miners anymore and not a lot of people know nor care about where we have come from or what we have and still do for this amazing country I’m a proud miner and appreciate every one that has had an impact in this line of work and appreciate all the one that have passed away in this line of work 5 generation mine and proud of it stay safe out then men and woman god bless you and your families
Thanks for all you do
Finally new music! Been waiting so long! Keep more coming! Your voice is one of the best ever! hope to hear you on the radio one day!
Im from southeastern Kentucky I followed in my dad's footsteps and worked in the mines until I got laid off and had to move from my hometown for work this song hits home great job
your voice makes me melt!!!!
every time I listen to taylor ray Holbrook I melt
Ive waited so long for this!!! I love it!!😍😍❤️❤️
Part of this video is filmed in my hometown in Eastern Kentucky. Sweet.
Man thanks for this song been following you for a while now and this hits home so hard. The mine we have here shut down about 8 months ago. I am one of the lucky ones that had a back up plan and went back to the oil patch. Feel bad for some of the men that was there for 20+ years that's all they know and now having to go back to the job hunting line. Thanks again man....
Actually wishing I could like this a million times. You’ve made it so far! I always look forward to hearing about your day and upcoming music! Keep on keeping on
Beautiful land in that neck of the woods, just north west of me brother, im from good ole east TENN so ive drove through there a lot. Love your music!
Song of the year in my heart
This hits home so hard, great song t-ray!!! Love it 😊
I grew up in Lynch,ky and live in Florida now. I miss it so much.
From southeastern Ky, my dad has mined for a long time! Love this song! Keep making music, still supporting you!!
Been waiting forever for this. You did it again taylor. AMAZING WORK!!
Been waiting for this! Got hella excited just now! Love it! Keep up the good work!
Dam man that’s what I feel like when logging and mills shut down in forks wa my town is slowly dying and it tears me up every time I drive through town
Your really blessed don't ever stop making music great again!!! Taylor Ray
Hitting the hearts of this small town in IL....
Awesome song and video. Really touches so many people in East Kentucky, Southeast Virginia, and Southwestern West Virginia. Thanks for a great song.
Absolutely in love with the song, been waiting forever!
Awesome video and a great song.... Robert you're looking good.
man this sure is the truth. I see the old towns the old folks that r down and out.
My hometown, Pennington.y Dad was a coal miner. He worked at Monarch, Bonnie Blue, and Kemmer Gem. He retired from Westmoreland in 1984. It was a hard living for sure. I am like Loretta Lynn, proud to be a coal miner's daughter. ❤️
Been waiting for this. Best video you've done, in my opinion. Keep it up!💜
Taylor Ray, this songs brings me to tears everytime! So proud of you ❤
That’s awesome man really hits home
Yesssss... Taylor Ray keep.rockin em
Hell yeah thanks for a helluva good, real, country song. 3rd generation Ohio miner, our coal mine shut down in 16, making my dad, brother and myself move to an underground limestone mine. Not bad but sure as hell not coal!
Your music is so inspiring to me thank you Taylor ray for making this kind of music 🎼
Amazing song and video, It really touches the heart. The hard work they have to do, Keep up the good work. Cant wait to hear more.
Most on these places had no business being towns to begin with I hate it because i LOVE them, I grew up spending summers in Whitesville WV but the mines are played out in a lot of these little towns that grew up around them. That’s why a good bit of them closed down it wasn’t because of anything other then the coal seam got too narrow, to dangerous, or was just flat played out
My husband is right from that very area and in fact my inlaws still live there. He is from a coal mining family. His dad worked in the Portal 31. So we know the area so well. Such a beautiful area with so much history. Breaks my heart to see what has happened with the coal industry and how it is left those folks with nothing. Awesome video and really good song.
My husbands whole family on both sides were miners deep in the hills of KY and WV. Now they’re forced to keep on keeping known. So many have passed from black lung or killed in the mines. But they always pick up the pieces.
Been waiting a while for this one!!
Amazing job on this. All of the feels ❤️
Been waiting a week to hear this and I love it
Living proof, you can do anything you want to in life. Been following you for 3 years on Snapchat, and all I can say is what an inspiration you are to so many. No matter the hardships you've faced, you've always pushed through strong. Great song man keep up the great work! Hats off to you!
I've waiting for this since you announced it. It hits home for me and my family, I love it ❤️