They Moved My Job to Georgia or Was It Tennessee?

Singer/songwriter Peyton Hopkins specializes in hard-hitting labor union songs. He knows the struggles of the worker well; his father was an autoworker in Detroit and participated in the 1937 Ford plant strikes.

Not one to mince words, Hopkins' lyrics are defiant. In this recording, the first of two that he made for Collector Records in the 1980s, he appears before a live audience of workers, and introduced most songs with a few pertinent remarks. He accompanies himself on guitar, playing left-handed, sometimes with mouth harp accompaniment by Lee Roth.

Liner notes provide information on Peyton’s background and philosophy.

Track Listing

101	Minimum Wage Peyton Hopkins	02:39
102	They Moved My Job to Georgia Peyton Hopkins	02:29
103	Down Too Long Peyton Hopkins	03:42
104	The World’s Unwilling Poor Peyton Hopkins	04:18
105	Together We’ve Got Pride Peyton Hopkins	03:50
106	Unlucky Kentucky Coal Miner’s Blues Peyton Hopkins	03:48
107	We Signed up Billy Beaumont Peyton Hopkins	02:13
108	Stand up for Your Union While You Can Peyton Hopkins	04:05
109	John Mclaughlin Peyton Hopkins	02:33
110	Silence Ain’t Always So Golden Peyton Hopkins	04:17