Music from the Margins
Music from the Margins
by Dwight A Moody
Sixty years ago we were singing our way to social change, led by Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, and Peter, Paul, and Mary. We, as a nation, were pushing back against government structures and stipulations as they bore upon the war in Vietnam and segregation across the South.
John Prine rose to fame with his powerful “Sam Stone” and “Your Flag Decal Won’t Get You Into Heaven Anymore” with its haunting lyric, Now Jesus don’t like killin’ no matter what the reason’s for.
And, of course, who can forget hearing and singing the greatest of them all, “We Shall Overcome.” It was Mahelia Jackson and Joan Baez that led that anthem at …
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