“Ive been told that Im not allowed to sing these songs.” He grinned at the crowd and said, “So Ill just play the chords; maybe you know the words. They didnt say anything about *you* singing them.” He strummed his banjo to one song after another, and they all sang. A hundred thousand defiant freedom singers breaking the law with Pete Seeger, filling the stadium with words their government did not want them to hear, words they all knew and had sung together, in secret circles, for years. What could the government do? Arrest a hundred thousand singers? It had been beaten by a few banjo chords and the fame of a man whose songs were on the lips of the whole world. ~ Scott Alarik, Revival
Posted on: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 18:09:53 +0000
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