Chain gangs were not fun for anyone. The despair and suffering of this approach to correctional services is vividly drawn out in Harry Belafonte's re-creation of some of these melodies in the powerful LP "Swing Dat Hammer". We played one track, but stopped there, these songs are intense.
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| Ontario of the Future? |
I've been waiting to play a significant amount of folk music and this seemed like a great opportunity to play some non-country hurtin' songs. The British/Smithsonian collection of Child songs performed by Jean Ritchie is a real gem. These are old British ditties that survived the migration to America and are still sung with feelin' by the families in the mountains of the US south. Ritchie is a master of the dulcimer and I couldn't resist playing two tracks.
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| Jean Ritchie |
Had to acknowledge Mr Dylan's big 70th birthday. I bought Desire for Hurricane, but I keep it for Isis.
The second hunk of the program featured some selections that were less heavy musically, if not instrumentally.
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Robot News was an example of how security bots have become commonplace. The fact that it was a robot that burned down this house was not the news in this story![1] Perhaps the real news today is RB's new theme!
Played List
Artist - Track - Album
ESG - You Make No Sense - Come Away With ESG
Harry Belafonte - Look Over Yonder - Swing Dat Hammer
Jean Ritchie - British Folkways [Child Songs] - False Sir John
Jean Ritchie - British Folkways [Child Songs] -Hangman
Buffy Ste-Marie - God Is Alive... Magic is Afoot - Best of Buffy Ste-Marie
Ian & Sylvia - Un canadien Errant - Ian & Sylvia
Bob Dylan - Isis - Desire
Robot News
Judas Priest - Prelude - Hero Hero
Sonic Youth - The Good and the Bad - Sonic Youth
Wooden Shjips - Down By the Sea - Dos
Jimi Hendrix - Long Hot Summer Night - Electric Ladyland
Sounds like Buffy's got a cool tape loop playing in that song.
ReplyDeleteThanks for listening DEANIMATION! Yes, there is a credit to the electronics on the record.
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