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The Past Didn't Go Anywhere is an album by American folk singer Utah Phillips and American singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco, released October 15, 1996, on DiFranco's label, Righteous Babe Records . On the album, Phillips is recorded telling stories at concerts with DiFranco setting the musical background. DiFranco provides background vocals on ...
Bruce Duncan " Utah " Phillips (May 15, 1935 – May 23, 2008) [1] was an American labor organizer, folk singer, storyteller and poet. He described the struggles of labor unions and the power of direct action, self-identifying as an anarchist. [2] He often promoted the Industrial Workers of the World in his music, actions, and words.
A train song is a song referencing passenger or freight railroads, often using a syncopated beat resembling the sound of train wheels over train tracks.Trains have been a theme in both traditional and popular music since the first half of the 19th century and over the years have appeared in all major musical genres, including folk, blues, country, rock, jazz, world, classical and avant-garde.
Songs: Bucking bronco—Fourth of July—Babies—Girls of constant sorrow—Two sisters—Rock salt and nails—The unknown grave—Find a wife—Willie and John—No one knows me—Rags to my back—Awful, o how awful—The female highwayman—The haunted hunter—Mormon Sunday school. Folk Songs of Idaho and Utah. Release Date: 1961.
The Preacher and the Slave. "The Preacher and the Slave" is a song written by Joe Hill in 1911. [1] It was written as a parody of the Christian hymn "In the Sweet By-and-By". Copying or using the musical style of the hymn was also a way to capture the emotional resonance of that style of music and use it for a non-religious purpose.
Use in collegiate sports. "The Wabash Cannonball" (arranged by Joel Leach) is known as the unofficial "second" fight song of Kansas State University, having been played since the late 1960s. It was the only piece of sheet music rescued from the KSU music department in the Nichols Hall fire of 1968, [5] and grew in popularity with students and fans.
Solidarity Forever. " Solidarity Forever ", written by Ralph Chaplin in 1915, is a popular trade union anthem. It is sung to the tune of "John Brown's Body" and "The Battle Hymn of the Republic". Although it was written as a song for the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), other union movements, such as the AFL–CIO, have adopted the song ...
Published. 1976. Composer (s) Bruce Phillips. Lyricist (s) Utah Phillips. "Goodnight-Loving Trail" is a song by Utah Phillips about the cattle trail of the same name. One of the namesakes of the trail, Charles Goodnight is also credited with inventing the chuckwagon. [1] Lyrics and liner notes [1] are available from the author's website.