Two songs about missing people when they’re gone. One protest song…
And one straight-up masterpiece…
And a freedom song which makes my heart melt:
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RIP Terry Callier 1945-2012
DORIAN LYNSKEY is the author of 33 Revolutions Per Minute: A History of Protest Songs, published by Faber and Faber (March 2011) and Ecco (April 2011). He writes for the Guardian, The Word, Q, Spin and Empire.
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Sad, sad news indeed. RIP Terry
RIP Terry.
Three Great tunes to represent, here. Thanks for posting them.
There’s a video of a public domain protest folk song about the MLK assassination, “Lorraine Motel Murder,” at the following link that ties-in, somewhat, to Terry’s song about MLK, which might interest your book’s readers: