Is there anything like another Pete Seeger out there anyplace?

[rurallib]

I find myself looking backwards too much recently to the 50s and 60s for inspiration. As an old guy I am not in touch with the current crop of artists, but I seem to get the impression that there is no artist that is inspiring activism and invovement.
About the only thing I have heard is some Tom Morilli(?) from Rage Against The Machine. He is good, but seems to be about the only one out there.

Maybe I am just too far out of it anymore.

[mr_hat]

1. Steve Earle nt

[rurallib]

2. I will check him(?) out

[dipsydoodle]

8. Even better one here

[dipsydoodle]

4. Yes

and John Prine too.

[rurallib]

6. of course!

[Hoyt]

7. Excellent. His Revolution Now tour just after 2004 election, got me through disappointment.

[elehhhhna]

10. he played for us at camp casey august '05

love that guy, never expected to meet him

[TeamPooka]

3. Bruce Springsteen, John Melloncamp, Common. There are multiple generations of artists living the

Seeger model of music and activism.

[rurallib]

5. right you are. I need a little mental readjustment

I tend to think of many of these as only popular artists when they truly wear multiple hats.

[alarimer]

9. Billy Bragg, possibly

Someone mentioned Steve Earle. Both lack the impact or influence of Seeger, I think.

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[socialist_n_TN]

13. That's who I was thinking about......

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[FSogol]

11. Many punk bands had great social consciousness. The band, Bad Religion stands out:

Lyrics by Greg Graffin:

"Let Them Eat War"

There's a prophet on a mountain and he's making up dinner
With long division and writing crop
Anybody can feel like a winner
When it's served up piping hot

But the people aren't looking for a handout
They're America's working corps
Can this be what they voted for?

Let them eat war [x2]
That's how to ration the poor
Let them eat war [x2]

There's an urgent need to feed
Declining pride

From the force to the union shops
The war economy is making new jobs
But the people who benefit most
Are breaking bread with their benevolent hosts

Who never stole from the rich to give to the poor
All they ever gave to them was a war
And a foreign enemy to deplore

Let them eat war [x2]
That's how to ration the poor
Let them eat war [x2]

There's an urgent need to feed
Declining pride

We've got to kill 'em and eat 'em
Before they reach for their checks
Squeeze some blue collars
Let them bleed from their necks
Seize a few dollars from the people who sweat
Cause it's freedom or death and they won't question it
At a job site the boss is god like
Conditioned workhorses park at a stoplight
Seasoned vets with their feet in nets
A stones throw away from a rock fight
But not tonight, feed ‘em death

Here comes another ration (feed them death)
Cause they're the finest in the nation (feed them death)
When there's nothing left to feed them
When it's freedom or it's death

Let them eat war [x2]
That's how to ration the poor
Let them eat war [x2]

There's an urgent need to feed


Wanna hear some great stuff, check on the albums, Rock Against Bush, Vol 1 and 2. I may be mistaken, but didn't Fat Mike of the band NOFX use to post on DU?

[IDemo]

12. Old Crow Medicine Show

"I Hear Them All"