The Don Harrison Band - Sixteen Tons b/w Who I Really Am (1976)

The Don Harrison Band were a 1970s American roots rock band that featured Don Harrison on vocals, guitar and keyboards, Stu Cook on bass and piano and Doug Clifford on drums and percussion. Stu Cook and Doug "Cosmo" Clifford were both former members of Creedence Clearwater Revival. The line-up also included Russell DaShiell formerly of Crowfoot on lead and rhythm guitar, piano and vocals.The band merged elements of folk, country, rhythm & blues and rock & roll in a sound reminiscent of CCR.

"Sixteen Tons" is a song about a coal miner, based on life in coal mines in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. It was written and first recorded by Merle Travis at the Radio Recorders Studio B in Hollywood, California on August 8, 1946. Cliffie Stone played bass on the recording. It was first released by Capitol on the album Folk Songs of the Hills (July 1947). The song became a gold record.
The line, "You load sixteen tons and what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt," came from a letter written by Travis' brother John. Another line came from their father, a coal miner, who would say, "I can't afford to die. I owe my soul to the company store."
A 1955 version recorded by Tennessee Ernie Ford reached number one in the Billboard charts, while another version by Frankie Laine was released only in Western Europe, where it gave Ford's version competition.

Tracklist

A - Sixteen Tons  (2:59)
     Written-By – Merle Travis

B - Who I Really Am  (3:03)
     Written-By – Don Harrison 

Companies, etc. 
Made By – Negram

Credits 
Bass, Piano – Stu Cook
Drums, Percussion – Doug Clifford
Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards – Don Harrison
Engineer – John A. Flores
Producer – The Don Harrison Band

Notes
Released: 1976
Genre: Rock
Style: Southern Rock
Label: Atlantic Records

Catalog# ATL 10749