Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Songs of Protest Saturday Night with BAPsters!


This Saturday night at the Coffee at Chestnut & Pine, 492 N. Pine Street in Burlington there will a themed open mic night hosted by Jeff Peterson. The night will feature original compositions and standard songs of protest and social significance performed by local folks. The night will include performances by BAPsters Stephen Sullivan, Jacob Merseberger and your's truly, Sean Cranley.

The set list is below and includes a couple links where you can watch and/or listen to some of the selections. It's supposed to be warm Saturday, so come on out and join your neighbors in raising your voice and perhaps a glass and proclaim in the spirit of the great Dr. Tom Lehrer:

"Oh we are the folks song army
Every one of us cares
We all hate poverty, war and injustice
Unlike the rest of you squares" ;>

Songs of Protest

Saturday, January 24, 2015
6:30 – 9:00-45

Jeff Peterson
          Intro
          Union Maid                                               Woody Guthrie
          Banks of Marble                                        Pete Seeger

Jerry Kuta
Eve of Destruction                                   Barry McGuire
If I Had A Hammer                                    Trini Lopez  version

Kevin Schwerdtfeger
          Fingertips                                                  Original Song!
          Kitty Cats                                                   Original Song!
          Halo Halo                                                   Original Song!

Reid Olsen
          Blowin’ In The Wind                                 Bob Dylan
          Thunder Road                                           Bruce Springsteen
          My Back Pages                                          Bob Dylan

Minneapolis Friend
          Song 1
          Song 2

Sean Cranley & Scott Streiff
          Badgered State Blues
Tim Mocarski
          Stand Your Ground                                   Original Song!
          I’ll Sleep Tomorrow                                  Original Song!
          Deportees                                                  Woody Guthrie

Jacob Merseberger     
          We Will Stand Here                                  Original Song!

Jennifer Eisenbart
          Where Have All the Flowers Gone?        Pete Seeger
          Sounds of Silence                                     Simon & Garfunkel

Edison Blake
          I am A Soldier
          Everything is Broken                                Dylan
          Fixin’ to Die Rag                                        Country Joe

Stephan Sullivan
          The Automation Song                              Phil Ochs
          The Power & the Glory                             Phil Ochs

Bob Wang
          Crow on the Cradle
          You Say the Battle is Over
          Peace Medley:    Arms are for Embracing
                                      Generations for Peace

Arlo Vande Vegte
          Universal Soldier                                      Buffy Ste. Marie
          Catch The Wind                                        Donovan

 Terry Murphy
          Revolution                                                 Beatles
          Talking ‘bout a Revolution                       Tracy Chapman
          For What Its Worth                                  Buffalo Springfield
Jim Lampe
          Rain On the Scarecrow                             Mellencamp

Tim Merkel
          OHIO                                                          CSNY
          War Makes War                                        John Gorka
          Kings & Fools                                            Original Song!

Mad Bark
          Signs                                                          5 Man Electrical Band
          Won't Get Fooled Again                          The Who
          Get up, Stand Up                                      Bob Marley

 Possible Group singalong
          Last night I had the strangest dream
          This Land is your Land

1 comment:

Sean Cranley said...

Cuz, well someone needs to counter-balance all those conservative folk/protest songs like . . . wait . . . gimme a minute . . . it'll come to me . . .