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The broadsides found on Folkways' second collection of Pete Seeger topical tunes are less broad than those found on its predecessor, If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope & Struggle. Where the earlier collection was laden with sweeping civil rights, labor, and antiwar songs, Headlines & Footnotes' selections are often drawn from specific events. "The Titanic" is a 1957 recording of the famed ode to the great ship. Woody Guthrie's "The Sinking of the Reuben James" was inspired by the sinking of a U.S. destroyer by the Nazis. "The Battle of Maxton Field" chronicles a confrontation between Klansmen
The broadsides found on Folkways' second collection of Pete Seeger topical tunes are less broad than those found on its predecessor, If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope & Struggle. Where the earlier collection was laden with sweeping civil rights, labor, and antiwar songs, Headlines & Footnotes' selections are often drawn from specific events. "The Titanic" is a 1957 recording of the famed ode to the great ship. Woody Guthrie's "The Sinking of the Reuben James" was inspired by the sinking of a U.S. destroyer by the Nazis. "The Battle of Maxton Field" chronicles a confrontation between Klansmen and Native Americans. The generously annotated 23-song anthology contains a number of Seeger standards, including "Little Boxes," "The Bells of Rhymney," "Guantanamera," and "Wimoweh." Folkways controls a vast store of Seeger recordings made between the '40s and '70s. Headlines & Footnotes indicates they're in good hands. --Steven Stolder
Album Description
For nearly 60 years Pete Seeger, with his banjo and 12-string guitar, has made music which inspires people to improve their lives and world. Selections on this anthology, culled from the hundreds Seeger recorded for Folkways Records between 1955 and 1999, include concert and studio recordings about prominent events and themes of the twentieth century: the Spanish Civil War, union organizing, and the civil rights and antiwar movements. Eleven previously unreleased tracks (one recorded in 1999). 74 minutes.
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Manufacturer: Smithsonian Folkways
Release date: 18 May 1999
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0093074011126 UPC: 093074011126
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