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Jac Holzman. " Vietnam Talking Blues " (sometimes titled " Vietnam Talkin’ Blues ") is an American folk-style song by Phil Ochs, a U.S folk singer specializing in protest songs. His career began in the 1960s with his outspoken resistance to the Vietnam War. Formally released in his debut album, All the News That’s Fit to Sing, "Vietnam ...
Fred Hellerman. " Alice's Restaurant Massacree ", commonly known as " Alice's Restaurant ", is a satirical talking blues song by singer-songwriter Arlo Guthrie, released as the title track to his 1967 debut album Alice's Restaurant. The song is a deadpan protest against the Vietnam War draft, in the form of a comically exaggerated but largely ...
The protest music that came out of the Vietnam War era was stimulated by the unfairness of the draft, the loss of American lives in Vietnam, and the unsupported expansion of war. The Vietnam War era (1955–1975) was a time of great controversy for the American public. Desperate to stop the spread of communism in South-East Asia, the United ...
The Ballad Of Forty Dollars. The Ballad Of Jesse James. The Ballad of Ira Hayes. Ballad Of Little Fauss And Big Halsy. Ballad Of The Ark. Ballad Of The Harp Weaver. Bandana. The Banks Of The Ohio. The Baron.
Phil Ochs. Philip David Ochs ( / ˈoʊks /; December 19, 1940 – April 9, 1976) was an American songwriter and protest singer (or, as he preferred, a topical singer). Ochs was known for his sharp wit, sardonic humor, political activism, often alliterative lyrics, and distinctive voice. He wrote hundreds of songs from the 1960s to early 1970s ...
Demo recording: Sings for Broadside (1976, recorded 1965) Live recordings: Phil Ochs in Concert (1966) There and Now: Live in Vancouver 1968 (March 13, 1969) Amchitka, The 1970 Concert That Launched Greenpeace (October 16, 1970) Inspired by Ochs's separation from his wife.
Anti-war Songs a website collecting thousands of antiwar songs from all over the world; Folk&More: Songbook & Tabs a growing collection of chords, tabs, and lyrics of anti-war songs from Bob Dylan to Bob Marley; Vietnam War Song Project, a collection of over 5000 Vietnam War songs, including hundreds containing anti-war / peace sentiment.