Join the GI Movement
1970 · Paredon P-1003 · New York City, New York
- Artist
- Barbara Dane
- Title
- Join the GI Movement
- 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 — Peace, Protest, & Anti-War 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 record label released several albums either about the Vietnam War or that contained a Vietnam War song, which are discussed on this list. See the note below. 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. 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 started out with a recruitment song, "Join the GI movement", written by Barbara Dane: "I am a GI rebel as brave as I can be....come and join the GI movement". The song "Ballad of Richard Campos", written by Daniel Valdez, paid tribute to a man killed in…
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
Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs · US Military & Veteran Songs · Draft Songs · Kent / Jackson State Songs · 1968 Chicago Seven / Eight Songs · Mexican-American / Hispanic Songs