{"product_id":"hard-hitting-songs-for-hard-hit-people-paperback-softback-9780803244757","title":"Hard Hitting Songs for Hard-Hit People (Paperback \/ softback) 9780803244757","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHard Hitting Songs for Hard-Hit People\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlan Lomax (Compiled by), Woody Guthrie (Introduction by), Pete Seeger (Afterword by), John Steinbeck (Foreword by), Nora Guthrie (Introduction by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780803244757\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 September 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e376 pages, 122 photographs, 195 songs\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.8 x 2.4 cm, 0.652 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Intensely singable. . . . The book is a hard-hitting history and social commentary as well as a songbook.\"—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwenty-seven years in the making (1940–67), this tapestry of nearly two hundred American popular and protest songs was created by three giants of performance and musical research: Alan Lomax, indefatigable collector and preserver; Woody Guthrie, performer and prolific balladeer; and Pete Seeger, entertainer and educator who has introduced three generations of Americans to their musical heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn his afterword, Pete Seeger recounts the long history of collecting and publishing this anthology of Depression-era, union-hopeful, and New Deal melodies. With characteristic modesty, he tells us what's missing and what's wrong with the collection. But more important, he tells us what's right and why it still matters, noting songs that have become famous the world over: \"Union Maid,\" \"Which Side Are You On?,\" \"Worried Man Blues,\" \"Midnight Special,\" and \"Tom Joad.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Now, at the turn of the century, the millennium, what's the future of these songs?\" he asks. \"Music is one of the things that will save us. Future songwriters can learn from the honesty, the courage, the simplicity, and the frankness of these hard-hitting songs. And not just songwriters. We can all learn.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to 123 photographs and 195 songs, this edition features an introductory note by Nora Guthrie, the daughter of Woody Guthrie and overseer of the Woody Guthrie Foundation. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIntroductory Note - Nora Guthrie\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eForeword - John Steinbeck\u003cbr\u003ePublisher's Foreword - Irwin Silber\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction - Woody Guthrie\u003cbr\u003eAbout Woody\u003cbr\u003eI - Hard Luck on the Farm\u003cbr\u003eII - You're Dead Broke\u003cbr\u003eIII - So You Got to Hit the Road\u003cbr\u003eIV - And You Land in Jail\u003cbr\u003eV - Some from the Old Wobblies\u003cbr\u003eVI - Old Time Songs from All Over\u003cbr\u003eVII - Hell Busts Loose in Kentucky\u003cbr\u003eVIII - So You Hollered for a New Deal\u003cbr\u003eIX - The Okie Section\u003cbr\u003eX - Detroit Sets Down\u003cbr\u003eXI - The Farmers Get Together\u003cbr\u003eXII - One Big Union\u003cbr\u003eXIII - Mulligan Stew \u003cbr\u003eCompiler's Postscript - Alan Lomax\u003cbr\u003eAfterword 1999 - Pete Seeger\u003cbr\u003eIndex of Songs\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Bison Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52521323299096,"sku":"9780803244757","price":23.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/hard-hitting-songs-for-hard-hit-people-paperback-softback-9780803244757","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}