"If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)" is a #protestSong written by #PeteSeeger and #LeeHays. It was written in 1949 in support of the #ProgressiveMovement, and was first recorded by #theWeavers, a #folkMusic quartet composed of Seeger, Hays, #RonnieGilbert, and #FredHellerman.
Tonight’s Folk Friday track: Holly Near & Ronnie Gilbert - Pastures of Plenty
A beautiful Woody Guthrie cover
www.youtube.com/watch?v=flNe...
#earworm #folk #FolkFriday #HollyNear #RonnieGilbert
Bonus Folk Friday track: HARP - Singing For Our Lives
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2dA...
#earworm #folk #FolkFriday #HARP #HollyNear #ArloGuthrie #RonnieGilbert #PeteSeeger
Tonight’s Folk Friday track: HARP - All Over the World
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTvt...
#earworm #folk #FolkFriday #HARP #HollyNear #ArloGuthrie #RonnieGilbert #PeteSeeger
Ronnie Gilbert, American folk singer, songwriter, actress and political activist, an original member of the Weavers, was born on Sep. 7, 1926 (d. 2015). #RonnieGilbert
Ronnie Gilbert w/ Holly Near - "Hay Una Mujer Desaparacida" (Holly Near) (1982)
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9Up...
Ronnie Gilbert, American folk singer, songwriter, actress and political activist, an original member of the Weavers, was born on Sep. 7, 1926 (d. 2015). #RonnieGilbert
The Weavers - "Goodnight Irene" (Lead Belly [Huddie Ledbetter])
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSDy...
#OTD #TDIH #June6, 2015 #DOTD: #RIP #RonnieGilbert.
#Singers #Songwriters #Contraltos #Activists #TheWeavers #HARP #FolkMusic #AmericanFolkMusic #Jews #Lesbians #RedChannels #HollywoodBlacklist #MotherJones #ComingOfAge #WomenInBlack #MusicSky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FN6...
My first favorite
The Weavers pose for a portrait on February 10, 1981 in Croton-on-Hudson, NY. The Weavers would reunite only one more time for a final concert in June, 1981. www.imdb.com/title/tt0084...
#theweavers #PeteSeeger #leehayes #ronniegilbert #fredhellerman
