Anne Shelby onstage as

Aunt Molly Jackson.

Aunt Molly herself --

the original "pistol-packin' mama."

Aunt Molly Jackson was born in Southeastern Kentucky and lived there through the booms and busts, the strikes and blacklists, the hunger and violence of the Eastern Kentucky coalfields in the 1920s and ‘30s.  Through it all, Aunt Molly tended the sick, birthed babies, rallied the miners, and wrote songs – like “Poor Miners Farewell,” “Hard Times in Coleman’s Mines,” and “Hungry Ragged Blues.” Later, she was a well-known member of the New York City folk music scene that included Leadbelly and Woody Guthrie.  Anne Shelby shares Aunt Molly's stories and songs in her one-woman show, "The Lone Pilgrim."

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The Lone Pilgrim

Songs and Stories of Aunt Molly Jackson