093074002629

Don't Mourn-organize!: Songs Of Labor Songwriter Joe Hill

Various Artists

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Format: CD

Cat No: SFW40026

Release Date:  13 July 1990

Label:  Smithsonian Folkways

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  093074002629

Genres:  Folk  Celtic  

  • Description

    Joe Hill's powerful songs moved Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Utah Phillips, Si Kahn, and countless others to blend politics and song. This dramatic tribute to the Industrial Workers of the World songwriter and activist Joe Hill, features songs by and about Hill performed by Billy Bragg, Hazel Dickens, Earl Robinson, Paul Robeson, and others. Compiled by Lori Elaine Taylor. "A treasure for anyone interested in American folk or labor music." —Washington Post

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Joe Hill - Billy Bragg
      • 2. Joe Hill's Last Will - Utah Phillips
      • 3. Joe Hill's Ashes - Mark Levy
      • 4. The Preacher & The Slave - 'Haywire Mac' McClintock
      • 5. Joe Hill - Paul Robeson
      • 6. Paper Heart - Si Kahn
      • 7. Casey Jones-The Union Scab - Pete Seeger & The Song Swappers
      • 8. Mr. Block - Mats Paulson
      • 9. Joe Hill Listens To The Praying - Joe Glazer
      • 10. The Tramp - Cisco Houston
      • 11. Joe Hill - Earl Robison
      • 12. The White Slave - Alfred Esteban Cortez
      • 13. Narrative - Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
      • 14. The Rebel Girl - Hazel Dickens
      • 15. There Is Power In A Union - Entertainment Workers IU 630, I.W.W.