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Today in Labor History December 1, 1914: The famous labor song, "Solidarity Forever," was written on this date by IWW songwriter and cofounder Ralph Chaplin. He wrote the song for a hunger march to be led by Lucy Parsons in Chicago (on January 17, 1915). The song has been translated into many other languages, including French, German, Polish, Spanish, Swahili and Yiddish. And it is still commonly sung at union gatherings in the U.S., Canada, and Australia. The inspiration for the song came from the brutal 1912-1913 Paint Creek-Cabin Creek mining strike, in West Virginia, led by Mother Jones and others. Private cops and vigilantes murdered at least 50 miners and their family members during that strike. Impressed with the solidarity and resolve of the miners, Chaplin began work on the song.

You can enjoy a Utah Phillips cover of the song here: youtu.be/OsPOgCPEeKs

And read my biography of Lucy Parsons here: michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/03/

For anyone celebrating Thanksgiving in the USA I offer my extensive #FolkMusic and #Bluegrass Playlist from my personal, curated #YouTube channel, with over 3,500 #MusicVideos on 19 playlists. Put this together for my own listening pleasure and library over a decade of work. You’re welcome. Hours of tunes, for YT Premium users with no ads. youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE9 #Music #tunes #Folk

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RIP Alice Brock, of "Alice's Restaurant" fame.

TIL: Alice helped Arlo Guthrie write the first part of the song. The restaurant of the song, the Back Room, was in Massachusetts, but was closed by the time the song became famous. She was also a librarian and an author.

For the kids who don't want to spend 20 minutes listening to the whole story: in between the catchy chorus about how you can get anything you want at Alice's restaurant, Arlo sing-talks a long story. It starts with a big dinner at Alice's. Then Arlo and his pal take some trash to the dump, but the dump is closed, so they leave the trash in a ravine. Then they get arrested for littering and Alice bails them out. THEN, later on, Arlo gets called for the Vietnam draft, but since he has this criminal conviction for littering he is not, as the song puts it, "moral enough join the Army, burn women, kids, houses and villages after bein’ a litterbug." Hence why it became an anti-war anthem.

#music #FolkMusic #AntiWar #ArloGuthrie #ProtestSongs

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On 13 January 1963, the BBC broadcast the play Madhouse on Castle Street, which featured Bob Dylan. Dylan had originally been cast as the lead, but his acting was not up to standard. Given a singing role, he offered one of the earliest public performances of Blowing in the Wind, sung over the credits.

📸 The cast of Madhouse on Castle Street

Today in Labor History November 19, 1915: Joe Hill, IWW organizer and song writer was executed by a Utah firing squad after being convicted of murder on trumped-up charges. His final message from prison was “Don’t mourn, Organize!” His ashes were supposedly sprinkled in every state of the union, except Utah, because he had said, "I don't want to be found dead in Utah." They were also sprinkled in Canada, Sweden, Australia and Canada. Some of his most famous songs were “The Preacher and the Slave,” “The Rebel Girl,” “There is Power in a Union,” “Casey Jones, the Union Scab,” and “Mr. Block.” In 1988, an envelope containing his remaining ashes was discovered. Abbie Hoffman suggested that folksinger Billy Bragg should consume them and he supposedly did, washed down, of course, with copious union beer.

For my dark folk and Americana playlist, in addition to songs by the likes of Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, and Nick Cave, I made sure to include interpretations traditional songs including:

- Barbara Allen
- Hang Me, Oh Hang Me
- He Was Friend of Mine
- House Carpenter
- House of the Rising Sun
- I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow
- Moonshiner
- Tom Dula
- Poor Wayfaring Stranger
- St. James Infirmary
- Water is Wide

Suggestions for others?

#folkmusic #americana

open.spotify.com/playlist/4xEP

SpotifyThe Darker Side of Folk and AmericanaPlaylist · EG Phillips · 80 items · 5 saves

Hello all! A brief #introduction:

I’m Ty (or lux as I go by online), a fellow birdsite refugee. My former home was the now defunct weirdo.network, and I’m simply migrating to another kind/open-minded community to share my interests.

I’m an inquirer of mystical mysteries and a prospector of the more academic side of the #occult. I also enjoy #gaming, #reading, #fantasy, #scifi, #triphop, #folkmusic, #Tolkien, #StarWars, #Zelda, #dogs, #EldenRing, #tech, and #Nintendo. On a hero’s journey just like everyone else. Striving to overcome my fears and to help others do the same.

Much thanks for having me! 🥰 🏳️‍🌈

Given the choice of either rewriting this funky breakdown to have the same number of bars as the verses, or of just calling it a "B part" and leaving it crooked as hell, I'm gonna choose the latter.

At least for today.

It's crooked, sure, but you can still dance to it.

We have just started planning our third benefit show series! We cant wait to update yall on dates and bands once we have them, but for now...IT IS COMING!!!

Oh and if you are a musician or in a band that would like to participate, we are running one show a month until May, with our final show being held at our annual May Day on the Harbor event in 2025. Dates are being confirmed shortly so reach out now to get booked! We are down with any genre too.

Brought a nearly finished song to my sweet little songwriting group, got some helpful feedback without it feeling prescriptive. "Maybe it just needs like two lines to wrap it up in a bow."

Friends, I wrote those two lines today.

This song is *definitely* going on the album.‡

‡ when I figure out what to title it

Today's post is about the story of one of Canada's first great songs about sex!!!! The Log Driver's Waltz by Wade Hemsworth is also one of this country's great folk songs. It was made famous by it being turned into an animated film by the NFB. All in all, a fun way to start your day.

The Great Canadian Road Trip…Song #80/250: The Log Driver’s Waltz by Wade Hemsworth tommacinneswriter.com/2024/10/ #Canada, #FolkMusic, #LogDriversWaltz, #TheGreatCanadianRoadTrip, #TheMountainCityFour, #WadeHemsworth

Tom MacInnes, Writer · The Great Canadian Road Trip…Song #80/250: The Log Driver’s Waltz by Wade Hemsworth
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