A few years back my friend Jack Herranen gathered some musicians together in New Orleans and cooked-up To Fan the Flames of Discontent: The Living Songs of Joe Hill. Working through songs from the IWW's Little Red Song Book, Jack and the Ninth Ward Conspiracy did right by these fighting for freedom folk songs, and in doing so carried on a tradition of resisting the depredations of capitalism through song and togetherness. One of the best songs on the album, "Remember" by Harrison George, speaks directly to those gathering under the OWS banner to say No! to political and economic elites drunk on power and the almighty dollar.
Remember -- Jack Herranen and the Ninth Ward Conspiracy [buy]
More recently, Jack's been producing a new album with some east Tennessee friends. While getting the album together in Knoxville, Jack sat down and played a set of tunes for Eleven O'Clock Rock on knox.ivi.com. Here's a clip from the show, with Jack singing his own "Runa Blues."
If you do a bit of scrolling, you can screen Jack's entire set on Eleven O'Clock Rock..
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