Chicago
1969 · Big Toe Big Toe 1 · USA
- Artist
- Abbie Hoffman
- Title
- Chicago
- Release
- Wake Up America!
- Year
- 1969
- Label
- Big Toe # Big Toe 1
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Genre
- Folk · Spoken Word · Contemporary Folk
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation — 1968 Chicago Seven / Eight Songs
Abbie Hoffman, born 30 November 1936 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, died 12 April 1989 in New Hope, Pennsylvania, USA, an American political activist in the 1960s/70s, who helped found the Youth International Party (Yippies), took an active interest in the Vietnam War during the period. Hoffman faced trial in 1969 for inciting riots, as one of the eight people arrested outside the Democratic Convention in Chicago in August 1968 (The Chicago Eight) The album Wake Up, America (Big Toe Records # 1) contained several references to Vietnam, such as the tracks "Our National Anthem" and "Texas Tweezers" (which referenced My Lai). The song "The Drug Company" contained the line "we came to Chicago...there isn't a court in this country where we could have put Mayor Richard Daley, and LBJ". It also included the song "Chicago", a 7-minute spoken-word / comedy sketch, with elements of song, about the 1968 demonstration and subsequent trial.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Born 30 November 1936, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Political and social activist, co-founder of the Youth International Party (Yippies) and Chicago Seven defendant. Died 12 April 1989, Solebury Township, Pennsylvania, USA. [Source: Wikipedia]