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Also known as Hazel Jane Dickens

Activist, singer (1935–2011)

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Hazel Dickens (June 1, 1935, - April 22, 2011, born Mercer County, West Virginia) an American bluegrass singer. She was the eighth child of an eleven-child mining family in West Virginia. Her music is characterized by not only her "high lonesome" singing style, but also by her provocative pro-union, feminist songs. Poverty drove the Dickens to move to the Baltimore, Maryland area when Dickins was nineteen. There she met Mike Seeger, younger brother <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Hazel+Dicke

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Instance of
human
Given name
Hazel
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Montcalm
Place of death
Washington, D.C.
Occupation
singer
Languages spoken
English language
Instrument
voice
Record label
Rounder Records
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date of death
2011-04-22
date of birth
1925-06-01
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Hazel Dickens
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