Rog, This thread is called COURAGE just because it is a continuation of the previous thread, which started off wondering if anyone had the courage to challenge the copyright laws to publish and produce political music the coopyright holders weren't getting out to the public. It just evolved into the current subject matter, which is more "the world is all screwed up, and is there anything we folksingers [all of us apparently toting a heavy Messiah complex] can do about it?" All of us grew up hearing Woodie Guthrie and Pete Seeger and Tom Paxton and Phil Ochs and were moved by what they wrote and sang and wanted to be like them and inspire people to hit the streets for peace and justice...

By the way, early in that thread we listed a bunch of singers who were still trying to get the message out, and something I said above made me think of John Prine. Did anybody ever write a funnier, more succint anti-war song than his "Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore"? His "Illegal Smile" is one of the best dope songs, and needs to be revived in California were there is a struggle to protect and implement a recently passed initiative which legalized medical marijuana.

Rambling again, and still leaving unfinished my first posting to this web.--seed