Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
1970 · Paredon P-1003 · New York City, New York
- Artist
- Barbara Dane
- Title
- Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
- Release
- FTA! Songs of the GI Resistance
- Year
- 1970
- Label
- Paredon # P-1003
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- New York City, New York, USA
- Genre
- Folk · Folk
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
FTA!: Songs of the GI Resistance (Paredon Records (# P-1003), released on the label founded by Barbara Dane and Irwin Silber in 1969, whose objective was to "seek out the music and speech, documentary or dialogue, that spring from the conscious artist who relates to people's movements, and which pour from all people in struggle". (1) Dane was born on 12 May 1927 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. This record label released several albums either about the Vietnam War or that contained a Vietnam War song, which are discussed on this list. Also note that in 1969 Dane and Sliber published the book "The Vietnam Song Book" which included the notation and lyrics of one hundred anti-war songs collected from around the world. Also featured in: • Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) Songs • Richard Nixon & Watergate Songs • Vietnam War: Mexican-American Songs • Vietnam War: US Military & Veteran Songs • Vietnam War: Peace, Protest, & Anti-War SongsThis album focused on the anti-war movement, in particular those who were members of the US armed forces - recorded at Fort Hood (Texas), Fort Benning (Georgia), and Fort Bragg (North Carolina). The album started out with a recruitment song, "Join the GI movement"…
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — 1968 Chicago Seven / Eight Songs
FTA!: Songs of the GI Resistance (Paredon Records (# P-1003), released on the label founded by Barbara Dane and Irwin Silber in 1969, whose objective was to "seek out the music and speech, documentary or dialogue, that spring from the conscious artist who relates to people's movements, and which pour from all people in struggle". (1) Dane was born on 12 May 1927 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. This album focused on the anti-war movement, in particular those who were members of the US armed forces - recorded at Fort Hood (Texas), Fort Benning (Georgia), and Fort Bragg (North Carolina). The album included a re-worked version of the Pete Seeger song "Bring Them Home", which argued that the war was unjust, and that it was patriotic to bring home the soldiers and end the war. It contained the line "in Chicago or Vietnam, they're tryin' to get us to be the man" - which may be a reference to the Chicago 1968 demonstrations. Also on this album was the song "Hallelujah, I'm a Bum" which referenced the imprisonment of Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton of the Black Panthers.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Born 12 May 1927, Detroit, Michigan, USA. Died 20 October 2024, Oakland, California, USA
Themes
In collections
1968 Chicago Seven / Eight Songs · Civil Rights Songs · Kent / Jackson State Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs · US Military & Veteran Songs · Draft Songs · Mexican-American / Hispanic Songs