Classic Protest Songs from Smithsonian Folkways

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"

Track Listing

101	Freedom Now Chant Mass meeting participants, Hattiesburg, MS	00:26
102	Jesus Christ Woody Guthrie	02:37
103	Bourgeois Blues Lead Belly	02:18
104	Black, Brown, and White Bill Broonzy	02:42
105	Baby, I’ve Been Thinking Blind Girl Grunt	02:41
106	Blowin' in the Wind The New World Singers	02:28
107	This Land Is Your Land Steve Forbert, Jack Hardy, Jill Burkee, and Mark Dann	04:39
108	Turn, Turn, Turn Liz Getz	03:04
109	As Long as the Grass Shall Grow Peter La Farge	05:07
110	Talking Pay TV Phil Ochs	02:34
111	Masters of War The Bergerfolk	04:07
112	Waist Deep in the Big Muddy Pete Seeger	02:57
113	Agent Orange Song Peggy Seeger	03:51
114	Strange Fruit Brother John Sellers	02:20
115	How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live The New Lost City Ramblers	03:34
116	I’m Going to Write the Governor of Georgia Champion Jack Dupree	03:13
117	When We Make It Through Barbara Dane	05:25
118	Evicted Tenant Sis Cunningham	02:06
119	Corrido de César Chávez Los Perros del Pueblo Nuevo	03:02
120	Gone, Gone, Gone Red Shadow, the Economic Rock and Roll Band	02:14
121	Spirits of the Revolution Larry Estridge	05:09
122	We Shall Overcome Guy Carawan	03:40