Includes bibliographical references, discography, and index.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 53. Throw It Aw ay. 1. Memories Don't Fade -- 2. A Chronic Truant Sings -- 3. The Atomic Age Begins -- 4. Everything Changes -- 5. Postwar Dreams -- 6. From People's Songs to the Home Front -- 7. California, Here It Comes! -- 8. The Party's Over -- 9. Digging Underground -- 10. Byron Dances In -- 11. Gateway Swings to Berkeley -- 12. Yonder Come the Blues -- 13. San Francisco Bay Blues -- 14. Trouble in Mind -- pt. TWO ON MY WAY -- 15. From the Alley to the Grove -- 16. From Breakout to Blacklist -- 17. Livin' with the Blues -- 18. Priorities -- 19. Strange Bedfellows -- 20. Riding High on Sugar Hill -- 21. Buzz, Biz, Boom, Blam! -- 22. On the Ernes, This Is True -- 23. Wake Up and Sing! -- 24. Do You, Mister Jones? -- 25. Which Side Are You On? -- 26. The Times, They Are a-Changin' -- pt. THREE MY AMERICAN DREAM -- 27. Irwin Calls, Lightnin' Strikes, Mississippi Beckons -- 28. Go Tell It on the Mountain -- 29. Navigating Obstacles Blanketed in Bliss -- 30. You Don't Know Me -- 31. Hard Rains Are a-Fallin' -- 32. Three-Mile Walk of Hope -- 33. Good Morning Blues -- 34. Cuba Si, Yanaui No! -- 35. Paul Becomes Pablo -- 36. He's Got the Whole World in His Hands -- 37. Singers of the World, Unite! -- 38. Levitate the Pentagon! -- 39. United We Are Strong -- 40. Unidentified Flying Object -- 41. Play Your Guitars, American Friends -- 42. La Voce dell'altra America -- 43. Building a Big Wall of Music -- 44. Free the Army! -- 45. Solidarity Forever Crossing Borders -- 46. Wild Women Don't Get the Blues -- 47. Give Peace a Chance -- pt. FOUR NOBODY GONNA TURN ME ROUND -- 48. Pack Up Your Sorrows -- 49. A Musical Road Trip to Nowhere -- 50. You Just Can't Make It by Yourself -- 51. Will the Circle Be Unbroken? -- 52. Take It Slow and Easy -- 53. Throw It Aw ay.
Summary:
"Barbara Dane's memoir charts her trajectory from singing in union halls and at factory gates in World War II-era Detroit, to her ascendancy as a central figure in the Bay Area's blues and jazz scenes, to her prominence as a folk musician frequently decorating the bills of civil rights and peace demonstrations across America and in countries from Cuba to Vietnam"-- Provided by publisher.
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