Classic Protest Songs from Smithsonian Folkways

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War, social injustice, personal plaints, and calls for action have long fueled musical creation and performance. In Classic Protest Songs, Mark Gustafson and Jeff Place tap the historic Smithsonian audio collections to compile 22 songs favored by leaders of antiwar, civil rights, industrial labor, farm worker, and other struggles to air their grievances. Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly, Janis Ian, Big Bill Broonzy, Pete Seeger, Barbara Dane, Guy Carawan, Phil Ochs, and other marquee artists let their voices ring out with calls for peace and justice. 71 mins, 22 tracks, 32 page booklet.

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"Protest Songs: A Musical Introduction"

Year of Recording 2009
Record Label Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Source Archive Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Credits Compiled by Mark Gustafson ; Compiled by Jeff Place ; Liner Notes by Jeff Place ; Mastered by Pete Reiniger ; Photography by Diana Davies

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101	Freedom Now Chant	Mass-meeting participants in Hattiesburg, Mississippi	0:26
102	Jesus Christ	Woody Guthrie	2:37
103	Bourgeois Blues	Lead Belly	2:18
104	Black, Brown, and White	Bill Broonzy	2:42
105	Baby, I’ve Been Thinking (aka Society’s Child)	Janis Ian	2:41
106	Blowin' in the Wind	The New World Singers	2:28
107	This Land Is Your Land	Steve Forbert, Jack Hardy, Jill Burkee, and Mark Dann	4:39
108	Turn, Turn, Turn	Liz Getz	3:04
109	As Long as the Grass Shall Grow	Peter La Farge	5:07
110	Talking Pay TV	Phil Ochs	2:34
111	Masters of War	Bergerfolk	4:07
112	Waist Deep in the Big Muddy	Pete Seeger	2:57
113	Agent Orange Song	Peggy Seeger	3:51
114	Strange Fruit	Brother John Sellers	2:20
115	How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live	New Lost City Ramblers	3:34
116	I’m Going to Write the Governor of Georgia	Champion Jack Dupree	3:13
117	When We Make It Through	Barbara Dane	5:25
118	Evicted Tenant	Sis Cunningham	2:06
119	Corrido de César Chávez	Los Perros del Pueblo Nuevo	3:02
120	Gone, Gone, Gone	Red Shadow, the Economic Rock and Roll Band	2:14
121	Spirits of the Revolution	Larry Estridge	5:09
122	We Shall Overcome	Guy Carawan	3:40

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