Happy 69th Birthday, Jackie DeShannon!
“With hindsight and the gradual reissue of her catalogue, it seems clearer that Jackie DeShannon was among the preeminent American singer-songwriters of the ‘60s, comparable in some ways to the...
View ArticleWHERE Was the MUSIC???? WHERE was the DIVERSITY???
‘‘The freedom songs are playing a strong and vital role in our struggle,’’ said Martin Luther King, Jr., during the Albany Movement. ‘‘They give the people new courage and a sense of unity. I think...
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Unfinished Work Yes, I hear everyone that cries we have much to do…the work is unfinished…I agree. Yesterday, watching the observation of the 1963 March on Washington, I was heartened to hear so many...
View Article“I Have Arrived Safely in Meridian, Mississippi.”-Andrew Goodman
“I think of Andy in the cold wet clay Those three are on my mind With his comrades down beside him On that brutal day Those three are on my mind”-Frances Taylor &Pete Seeger Today we remember the...
View Article“I Feel That My Whole Life is a Contribution.”-Pete Seeger
“Where Have All the Flowers Gone?”-Pete Seeger The world has lost a beautiful flower, one of the Greatest Humanitarians it has ever seen or will see again: Pete Seeger. His life, his whole...
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