Despite the album title, you can tell by the picture on the cover that Ralph II was still too young to sound like this. The lead vocalist is in fact Sammy Adkins.

That said, this song, written by Dr. Ralph with Earl Sykes, is nothing less than a love letter from a son to a father. As touching as it is, it’s a wonder this song never became a regular feature of Dr. Ralph’s sets. For that matter, it would have been a perfect choice for Hazel Dickens to cover.

Anyway, this is “Dirty Black Coal”.