{"product_id":"2256042","title":"Sing In Solidarity - Starvation Army [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is still power in a union and its songs. \u003ci\u003eStarvation Army: Band Music No. 1 - Songs of the IWW and the Salvation Army\u003c\/i\u003e resurrects the IWW's forgotten brass band repertoire. These songs helped the 'Wobblies' prevail in the infamous Spokane Free Speech Fight of 1910, where protestors battled for the right to organize against bad pay and corrupt bosses. In response, the companies hired the local Salvation Army band (nicknamed 'starvation' by the workers) to drown out their protests. Fighting back, J.H. Walsh's IWW Brass Band waged sonic war with note-for-note parodies of these popular songs in a battle of the bands. Eventually the 'Wobblies' won the public's sympathy and helped overturn the ruling that made public protest illegal, in no small part through their music. This collection, performed by the Brass Band of Columbus together with New York Democratic Socialist choir Sing in Solidarity, features songs from the IWW's Little Red Songbook, including those composed by the legendary Joe Hill, a surreal piece by the eclectic classical composer Charles Ives, as well as old Christian hymns paired with satirical lyrics. It's a landmark revival of a forgotten thread of protest music and what conductor and project creator Chris David Westover-Munoz says he hopes will renew the labor singing tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHellelujah (Hallelujah, I'm a Bum)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAre You Washed (from Band Music No. 1)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Roll Call\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOut in the Bread-line\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSunshine in My Soul (and Hunger in My Stomach)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOld Hundredth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Preacher and the Slave\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSalvation, or General William Booth Enters into Heaven\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNearer My Job to Thee\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCovenant\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Dream\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAre You Washed (from Brass Band Journal No. 210)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDump the Bosses off Your Back\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristians at War\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere Is Power in a Union\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristians at War (Acapella)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNearer My Job to Thee (Acapella)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54420740768129,"sku":"2256042","price":16.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/0877746011627.jpg?v=1750620583","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/2256042","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}