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DJ Comment:
The last album he recorded before his tragic death ; http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17267529
A Change Is Gonna Come
Ain't That Good News
Released in 1964 by RCA
Northwest Artist!
8:57 PM
DJ Comment:
Originally released in 1966: http://www.folkways.si.edu/barbara-dane-and-the-chambers-brothers/american-folk-struggle-protest/music/album/smithsonian
We'll Never Turn Back
Barbara Dane and the Chambers Brothers
Released in 2005 by Smithsonian Folkways
Northwest Artist!
8:53 PM
...air break...
8:50 PM
DJ Comment:
Mavis Staples talks about MLK: http://northbynorthwestern.com/story/mavis-staples-reflects-on-martin-luther-king-jr/
What You Gonna Do?
Freedom Highway
Released in 1965 by Epic
Northwest Artist!
8:47 PM
DJ Comment:
Video of "How Long That Train Been Gone":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcaAcTBcyaU ; http://www.culturalequity.org/alanlomax/ce_alanlomax_profile_mable_hillery.php
Don't You Think It's About Time That We All Be Free
Voices of the Civil Rights Movement
Released in 1997 by Smithsonian Folkways
Northwest Artist!
8:43 PM
DJ Comment:
This last set all in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.html
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Speaking
Sing for Freedom: Civil Rights Movement Songs
Northwest Artist!
8:41 PM
People Get Ready
People Get Ready! The Curtis Mayfield Story (disc 1)
Released by Rhino
Northwest Artist!
8:37 PM
DJ Comment:
The three girls grew up singing together in Montgomery, Alabama
Keep Your Hand on the Plow
The Rough Guide to Gospel
Released in 2002 by World Music Network
Northwest Artist!
8:35 PM
DJ Comment:
Extensive liner notes available for download: http://www.folkways.si.edu/TrackDetails.aspx?itemid=29299
Wade in the Water
Voices of the Civil Rights Movement
Released in 1997 by Smithsonian Folkways
Northwest Artist!
8:32 PM
DJ Comment:
Video of this song live: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IOub-L0eJU
Wade in the Water
Wade in the Water
Released in 1966 by Cadet
Northwest Artist!
8:29 PM
DJ Comment:
Reissue of their self-released 1971 album: http://lightintheattic.net/artists/279-pastor-t-l-barrett-and-the-youth-for-christ-choir/bio
Like a Ship
Like a Ship (Without a Sail)
Released in 2010 by Light in the Attic Records
Northwest Artist!
8:25 PM
DJ Comment:
Wrote with his wife in 1966, after seeing a news piece about soldiers coming back from Vietnam addicted to opium
Hymn No. 5
Hannibalism
Released by Emperor Norton
Northwest Artist!
8:21 PM
DJ Comment:
African-American music festival in 1972 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, to commemorate the 7th anniversary of the Watts Riots ; the documentary was released the following year ; http://www.scpr.org/programs/offramp/2012/08/24/28079/40-years-ago-wattstax-festival-brought-112000-afri/
I Like the Things About Me
Music From the Wattstax Festival & Film (disc 1)
Released in 1972 by Stax
Northwest Artist!
8:15 PM
...air break...
8:11 PM
DJ Comment:
1969
Break in the Road
Saturday Night Fish Fry: New Orleans Funk and Soul
Released in 2001 by Soul Jazz Records
Northwest Artist!
8:09 PM
DJ Comment:
B-side of "You Don't Love Me": http://www.sirshambling.com/artists_2012/W/obrey_wilson/index.php
Headman
45
Released in 1968 by Philips
Northwest Artist!
8:05 PM
DJ Comment:
1971 Holland-Dozier-Holland tune (though credited to their pseudonym writing team: C. Wilson and Ronald Dunbar)
She's Not Just Another Woman
Soul Hits of the '70s: Didn't It Blow Your Mind! Volume 5
Released in 1991 by Rhino
Northwest Artist!
8:02 PM
DJ Comment:
Written by Dave Mason of Traffic and released on their 1968 self-titled album
Feelin' Alright
You've Made Me So Very Happy
Released in 1971 by Capitol Records
Northwest Artist!
7:59 PM