Florence Reece

Biography

Florence Reece (April 12, 1900 – August 3, 1986) was an American social activist, poet, and folksong writer. She is best known for the song "Which Side Are You On?" which she originally wrote at the age of twelve while her father was out on strike with other coal miners, according to The Penguin Book of American Folk Song by Alan Lomax. In 1931, during the Harlan County strike by the United Mine Workers of America and the National Miners Union, in which her husband was an organizer, Reece updated her song to the version known today.

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Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

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  Brewing Up With Billy Bragg

  1984

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  Back To Basics

  1987

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  Kentucky

  2012

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  Sing Loud, Sing Proud!

  2000

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  Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating The Music Of "Inside Llewyn Davis"

  2015

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  Raintown

  1987

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  Life's A Riot Etc (With The Between The Wars EP)

  1985

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  Between The Wars

  1985

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  Pete Seeger's Greatest Hits

  1967

Credited work

181 releases · 35 albums · active 1957–2025

• Performance · 187
• Other credits · 9

Studios: The Outpost, Stoughton, MA · Vineyard Studios · Berry Street Studio · Avalon Ballroom, Boston, MA

Frequent collaborators

• Billy Bragg
• Various
• Dropkick Murphys
• Deacon Blue
• Pete Seeger
• Arbeiter-Musik-Assoziation Hannover
• Savage Rose
• Anne Feeney

Around the web

• Wikipedia