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 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi	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