Tracking The Times: A Century of Protest Music PART ONE: Tracking The Times: A Century of Protest Music In Six Ebook Volumes, #1

"Tracking The Times: A Century of Protest Music" -- PART 1: INTRODUCTORY PAGES, PREFACE, CHAPTERS 1-4

by Boston-based journalist and author Susie Davidson

Cover Art by Paul Simonon of The Clash

Liner Notes by Country Joe McDonald (Country Joe & The Fish [RIP])

Gerald Casale (Devo)

Nona Hendryx (Labelle)

Penelope Houston (The Avengers)

This never previously done anthology of protest music spans 1926-2026 in 6 parts.

A Change Is Gonna Come

Preface

Slave Ships, Field Hollers, Spirituals: The Beginnings of Blues, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Rock and Work Songs Field Hollers: The Beginnings Of American Music – and Protest Songs • Spirituals, Agents Of Dissent • Spirituals Inspired Bob Marley, Billy Bragg and Antonín Dvořák • Bill Russell: "Life Without Freedom Is No Life At All" • The Muslim Influence On Hollers, Blues, Jazz, Hip-Hop, and Rock • Afrika Bambaataa • European Origins and The Influences Of Shape-Note, Sacred Harp and Camp-Meeting Revivals On African American Music • Work Songs • "John Henry" • The Wobblies: "The Internationale" • Joe Hill • The Song "Joe Hill" • Bread and Roses • Aunt Mollie Jackson

Chapter 1

'30s: The Depression, Strange Fruit and Early Blues Protest Music In Hard Times • "Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?" • "The First Protest Song In The World" – Billie Holiday's 1939 Debut Of "Strange Fruit" • Abel Meeropol: Justice Crusader and Mensch • Robert and Michael Meeropol and The Rosenberg Fund For Children/Exonerate Ethel • The Great Northern Migration Brought The Blues • Lead Belly • The Origins Of "Woke" • Far-Reaching Renditions Of "Cotton Fields" • The Topical Evolution Of Gospel, Blues, Jazz, Soul and Early Rock • Benny Goodman, An Early Integrator • Lester Young: "The Prez" • "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat"

Chapter 2

'40s: His Land Was Our Land Woody Guthrie: His Land Was Our Land • This Machine Kills Fascists • This Land • All Of The Verses • Arlo Guthrie On His Dad • Woody Guthrie Takes On Trump • Charles Guthrie: The Apple Fell Far • Legacy • Blues Musicians In World War II • "Champion" Jack Dupree • Big Bill Broonzy • Josh White: From Street Vagrant To The Big Stage • HUAC

Chapter 3

'40s: "We Shall Overcome" Songs Of Wartime • Louis Jordan • The Almanac Singers • People's Songs • Atomic Threat • Vern Partlow: Old Man Atom • Tom Glazer • "Charlie On The M.T.A." • Zipper Songs • "Down By The Riverside" • The Blacklist • Pete Seeger: Folk Legend • Did Seeger's "Waist Deep" On The Smothers Brothers Show Change US Support For The War? • The Weavers: What A Time • "Follow The Drinking Gourd" • Ronnie Gilbert • Vietnam War Era and Beyond • Paul Robeson: A Giant Of Talent, Cut Down • Blacklisted • "No More Auction Block" • The CIA's MKUltra Program

Chapter 4

'20s-'60s: Early Women Of Liberation and Protest/"Mississippi Goddamn" Bessie Smith • Paula Cole, Nona Hendryx, Doyle Bramhall II On Bessie Smith • "Mother Of The Blues" Ma Rainey, Top To Bottom • Sister Rosetta Tharpe: Gospel Superstar and Rock 'n' Roll Trailblazer • Mahalia Jackson: Urged MLK To Talk About His "Dream" • Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton • Josephine Baker: A Chanteuse Of The Resistance and The Cause • Odetta: Voice Of The Civil Rights Movement • Nina Simone • Malvina Reynolds' "Little Boxes"