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The CooP: Fast Folk Musical Magazine (May 1983, Vol. 2, No. 4): The Political Song

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The CooP: Fast Folk Musical Magazine (May 1983, Vol. 2, No. 4): The Political Song

“There is no such thing as a political song, only political singers.” While much had changed from the social-political protests of the 1960s to those of the early 1980s, folksingers remained a plentiful focal (and audio) point on the American musical landscape. But Jack Hardy mourned that most of these entertainers “have nothing to say.” You can be guaranteed that those on this compilation—including Sis Cunningham, Doug Waterman, Fred Small, Carole Rose Livingstone and Bob Norman—do have something to say...on people in power ruled by oil money, the diminishing natural resources and the Watergate scandal.

Track Listing

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America David Indian 04:55
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102
Potter's Field Fresno Slim 02:36
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103
An Oil Derrick Out by West Tulsa Sis Cunningham 03:02
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104
Free Man Doug Waterman 03:27
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I Am a Friend of the Foetus Carole Rose Livingston 02:41
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Nothing David Massengill 03:53
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201
Chain of Love Late For Dinner 02:50
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202
La Rosita de Broadway Bob Norman 04:50
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I Was Nixon's Plumber (or How I Cleaned the White House Toilets and Saved America) Sherwood Ross 02:38
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Long Black Wall Michael Jerling 04:29
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Everything Is Possible Fred Small 04:00
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206
Nineteen Miles from Shoreham Town Kirk Kelly 03:58
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207
We Shall Stay Here Jon Stein, Jayne Spencer, and Mark Dann 02:50