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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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.
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: