FTA! Songs Of The GI Resistance by Barbara Dane, released on Paredon in 1970.

"As opposition to the Vietnam War increased in the late 1960s, it began to emerge in the military community itself, primarily led by young draftees. Folk singer and political activist Barbara Dane lent her voice and support to resisting solders in a series of recorded performances at GI coffee houses near Army bases in Texas, Georgia, and North Carolina. The songs are a mix of traditional songs of protest and resistance, and original songs by Dane and draft resisters. " Folkways

https://folkways.si.edu/barbara-dane/fta-songs-of-the-gi-resistance/american-folk-struggle-protest/music/album/smithsonian

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS1rSEnxgNE&list=RDYS1rSEnxgNE&start_radio=1

#BarbaraDane #AntiWar #VietnamWar #ProtestSongs #Resistance #FolkMusic #Music

Sings The Blues With 6 & 12 String Guitar by Barbara Dane, released on Folkways in 1964.

Barbara Jean Spillman (May 12, 1927 – October 20, 2024), known professionally as Barbara Dane, was an American folk, blues, and jazz singer, guitarist, record producer, and political activist. She co-founded Paredon Records with Irwin Silber.

"Bessie Smith in stereo," wrote jazz critic Leonard Feather of Dane in the late 1950s. Time wrote of Dane: "The voice is pure, rich ... rare as a 20-carat diamond" and quoted Louis Armstrong's exclamation upon hearing her at the Pasadena jazz festival: "Did you get that chick? She's a gasser!" On the occasion of her 85th birthday, The Boston Globe music critic James Reed called her "one of the true unsung heroes of American music." - Wikipedia

https://barbara-dane.bandcamp.com/album/sings-the-blues-with-6-12-string-guitar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmjnYDoA_pg&list=PLAPpP5SQgYZp7qCH_TiymoiAkvbWSncLI&index=1

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When I Was a Young Girl by Barbara Dane, released on Horizon in 1962 (recorded in 1959)

"With a strong and sonorous voice, Detroit-born singer and guitarist Barbara Dane launched her recording career in the late 1950s. An impassioned political activist, Dane’s music was suffused with an earnestness matched by her confident, assured delivery...

As is the case with many of the songs on the record, the title track features Dane accompanying herself on acoustic guitar. But other cuts like the lively “Little Maggie” find her joined by Tom Paley, later of the New Lost City Ramblers, on banjo or guitar. Familiar traditional works like “Nine Hundred Miles” get a soulful reading by Dane. Slight re-titling yields a memorable and stirring reading of “Girl of Constant Sorrow,” a song that was popular among other folk artists of the era (Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, etc.)"

https://blog.musoscribe.com/index.php/2024/07/12/album-review-barbara-dane-when-i-was-a-young-girl-on-my-way/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pDRCnr4gYw&list=OLAK5uy_lP_SE18lSeAqyQ6xq4CcBlX4EtwTwa1HA

#barbaradane #folkmusic #traditionalsongs

On My Way by Barbara Dane, released on Capitol in 1962

Barbara Jean Spillman (May 12, 1927 – October 20, 2024), known professionally as Barbara Dane, was an American folk, blues, and jazz singer, guitarist, record producer, and political activist. She co-founded Paredon Records with Irwin Silber.

"Bessie Smith in stereo," wrote jazz critic Leonard Feather of Dane in the late 1950s. Time wrote of Dane: "The voice is pure, rich ... rare as a 20-carat diamond" and quoted Louis Armstrong's exclamation upon hearing her at the Pasadena jazz festival: "Did you get that chick? She's a gasser!"

“I’m On My Way” was an early civil rights anthem, a defining moment in Dane’s legacy of artistry and activism, and is deeply rooted in blues and gospel traditions that have long served as vehicles for social commentary and calls for justice. - All About Jazz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0YrT_KDIxo&list=OLAK5uy_lV7YSxCS6ZL9ARofqrUfRytSYsFP4ixU8

#barbaradane #blues #northernsoul #civilrights #leehazelwood #billystrange

A Night At The Ash Grove (An Evening Of Coffee-House Music) by Bud And Travis, Barbara Dane, Rolf Cahn, Lynn Gold, released on World Pacific in 1958

Barbara Jean Spillman (May 12, 1927 – October 20, 2024), known professionally as Barbara Dane, was an American folk, blues, and jazz singer, guitarist, record producer, and political activist. She co-founded Paredon Records with Irwin Silber.

"Bessie Smith in stereo," wrote jazz critic Leonard Feather of Dane in the late 1950s. Time wrote of Dane: "The voice is pure, rich ... rare as a 20-carat diamond" and quoted Louis Armstrong's exclamation upon hearing her at the Pasadena jazz festival: "Did you get that chick? She's a gasser!"[1] On the occasion of her 85th birthday, The Boston Globe music critic James Reed called her "one of the true unsung heroes of American music." - Wikipedia

#barbaradane #coffeehousescene #1958 #folkmusic

Livin' With The Blues by Barbara Dane released on Dot Records in 1959.

"On Livin with the Blues (1959), she belts out her message in an all-star group conducted by pianist Earl Hines. It is interesting to hear the splendid trumpet work of Benny Carter, Shelly Manne playing traditional drums, and Plas Johnson soloing to good effect in this context." - Fresh Sound Records

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHFv3YYOM5A

#barbaradane #earlhines #bennycarter #shellymanne #plasjohnson #blues #1959inmusic

Trouble in Mind by Barbara Dane released in 1957 on San Francisco Records

Barbara Jean Spillman (May 12, 1927 – October 20, 2024), known professionally as Barbara Dane, was an American folk, blues, and jazz singer, guitarist, record producer, and political activist. She co-founded Paredon Records with Irwin Silber.

"Bessie Smith in stereo," wrote jazz critic Leonard Feather of Dane in the late 1950s. Time wrote of Dane: "The voice is pure, rich ... rare as a 20-carat diamond" and quoted Louis Armstrong's exclamation upon hearing her at the Pasadena jazz festival: "Did you get that chick? She's a gasser!"[1] On the occasion of her 85th birthday, The Boston Globe music critic James Reed called her "one of the true unsung heroes of American music." - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzy-jzWgBx4

#barbaradane #blues #folkmusic