"Pete Seeger, in a conversation with Tim Robbins for Pacifica Radio (2006), talks about The Almanac Singer, Woody Guthrie, Lee Hays, John Handcox, Theodore Dreiser, Alan Lomax, Millard Lampell, raising money for records (Songs for John Doe), The Daily Worker, Folkways reissue of 'Talking Union' with additional recordings by The Songswappers (including Mary Travers, Erik Darling), Hitler, Stalin, Churchill, Truman etc., and sings (parts of) 'Why Do You Stand There In The Rain?' and 'The Strange Death of John Doe' (model for Bob Dylan's 'Man On The Street')."
YouTube - The Almanac Singers, Smithsonian Institution - Talking Union and Other Union Songs, I Don't Want Your Millions (Almanac Singers.), Talking Union, Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie - Union Maid, Pete Seeger - Which side are you on, Pete Seeger - We shall not be moved, Almanac Singers - Roll The Union On, Bucky Halker - Casey Jones, the Union Scab, Miners Lifeguard (Wilsons), Pete Seeger & The Weavers - Solidarity Forever
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