# Sweet Petunia: Payday at Coal Creek

Boston duo Sweet Petunia (Madison Simpson and Mairead Guy) performing the song “Payday at Coal Creek,” from a field recording of Pete Steele on voice and banjo, recorded by Alan and Elizabeth Lomax in Hamilton, Ohio, on March 29, 1938. From the Alan Lomax Ohio and Indiana collection (AFC 1938/004: AFS 1702 B1). The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress challenged musical artists to interpret material from its unparalleled archive of ethnographic recordings of traditional folk music. Artists were asked to put their own spin on these archival treasures, and to perform them at a special showcase during the Folk Alliance International conference in Montreal, Canada, in 2025. The showcase was recorded for this webcast.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2025
- Runtime: 3 min
- By: Guy, Mairead
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/video-10830/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/loc/video-10830?play=1)