VA-Protest_American_Protest_Songs_1928-1953-2006-i8

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      a r t i s t : VA
        t i t l e : Protest! American Protest Songs 1928-1953
          d a t e : 2006
        l a b e l : Viper (VIPER CD036)
        g e n r e : Folk
  r l s.  d a t e : Sep/2006
      t r a c k s : 20
    b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
          s i z e : 62,4 MB

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     The definition of protest is 'a statement or action showing
     that you disapprove of something'. This is something that we
     seem to have pushed to one side in this day and age (in
     Western Culture anyhow). In the first part of the 20th
     Century, it was a different story, with protest songs coming
     in all guises and musical genres. Within the confines of this
     album, we have tried to represent great examples of each. They
     range from the incredibly emotional and heart breaking :
     Billie Holiday's Strange Fruit and Woody Guthrie's 1913
     Massacre - to the light hearted and humorous : The Golden Gate
     Quartet's Atom & Evil and Texas Jim Robertson's The Last Page
     of Mein Kampf - (but still with a serious message).

     Subject matters include: Civil Rights, the Atom Bomb, being
     poor, homeless and unemployed, Prostitution, War and at times
     all the wrongs of our society.

     This subject matter was never going to make for easy listening
     but surely music and song writing is not just about
     entertainment! It should also enlighten and if not directly
     change the world, at least point out a few home truths about
     the society we have created. Music can be used as an
     incredibly effective weapon - something it seems we have
     forgotten about...Listen and learn.

     www.the-viper-label.co.uk/index.html
     www.the-viper-label.co.uk/protest.htm

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      01-The Sons of the Pioneers - Old Man Atom                [03:10]
      02-Texas Jim Robertson - The Last Page of Mein Kampf      [02:54]
      03-Lee Hayes with The Almanac Singers - The Dodger Song   [02:37]
      04-Bessie Smith - Nobody Knows YoU When You're Down and   [02:59]
      Out
      05-Uncle Dave Macon - We're Up Against It Now             [03:12]
      06-Big Bill Broonzy - Black, Brown and White              [03:05]
      07-Slim Smith - Bread Line Blues                          [03:21]
      08-The Golden Gate Quartet - Atom and Evil                [03:17]
      09-The Monroe Brothers - The Forgotten Soldier Boy        [02:39]
      10-Memphis Minnie - Hustlin' Woman Blues                  [02:54]
      11-Harry McClintock - Fifty Years from Now                [02:57]
      12-Mississippi Sheiks - Sales Tax                         [03:02]
      13-Josh White, Millard Lampell with The Almanac Singers   [02:23]
      - Billy Boy
      14-Billy Hughes and the Rhythm Buckeroos - Atomic Sermon  [02:55]
      15-Dave McCarn - Poor Man, Rich Man                       [02:58]
      16-Gene Autry - The Death of Mother Jones                 [02:39]
      17-Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit                         [03:09]
      18-Furry Lewis - Judge Harsh Blues                        [03:06]
      19-Ernest V. Stoneman and His Dixie Mountaineers - All    [03:11]
      I've Got Is Gone
      20-Woody Guthrie - 1913 Massacre                          [03:38]
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                                                                 60:06 min

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