Joe Glazer - Songs of Joe Hill - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Joe Glazer - Joe Glazer Sings Labor Songs II [COMPACT DISCS] date 05/30/2012

Recorded in Washington, DC, in 1997, Joe Glazer documents American political history through campaign songs. From America's first campaign songs for William Henry Harrison in 1840 to Bill Clinton in 1992, Glazer shares with listeners a rich overview of political songs in this country. Each track begins with a brief history of the song by Glazer and the collection features several of his classic hits, including InchIda Mae (Social Security Song)Inch and InchBallad of Richard Nixon.Inch Album Tracks 1. Happy Days Are Here Again 2. Row, Row, Row with Roosevelt 3. Tippacanoe and Tyler Too 4. Henry Clay and Freilinghuysen 5. John Brown Medley 6. Benjamin Harrison Song 7. Suffragette Song 8. Silent Call 9. If He's Good Enough for Lindy 10. Brother Can You Spare a Dime? 11. Happy Days Are Here Again 12. Leaning on a Shovel 13. Ida Mae (Social Security Song) 14. Rea Song 15. Franklin D. Roosevelt's Back Again 16. The Ballad of October 16 17. Dewey/Bricker Song 18. Wild About Harry 19. I Like Ike 20. I Like Ike (Version 2) 21. Joe McCarthy's Band 22. Ballad of Richard Nixon 23. I'm Looking for the InchRInch in Harvard 24. We Shall Overcome 25. Goldwater for President 26. Don't Wake the President Up 27. Politics

What's a Wobbly? Legend has it that a Chinese cook in a railroad gang while proudly announcing that he was a member of the IWW (Industrial Workers of the World & #151; a union formed to organize all workers) was heard to say he was a member of the I-Wobbly-Wobbly. Despite their humorous nickname, the members of IWW experienced tremendous struggles which were often documented through song. Starting as a one-paged leaflet headed by the words Sing and fight! Right was the tyrant king who said 'Beware of a movement that sings' the IWW's Little Red Song Book soon grew to include dozens of songs including Ralph Chaplin's Solidarity Forever. As a special treat, this album also includes excerpts from Chaplin's speech at a woodworker's convention in 1960. Album Tracks 1. The Commonwealth of Toil 2. Mr. Block 3. 50,000 Lumberjacks 4. Pie in the Sky (Preacher and the Slave) 5. Workingman Unite 6. Dump the Bosses Off Your Back 7. Joe Hill 8. Hallelujah, I'm a Bum 9. The Rebel Girl 10. There Is Power in a Union 11. Boom Went the Boom 12. Ralph Chaplin Speaks 13. Solidarity Forever