Joe Hill Roadshow Honoring the labor activist and songwriter on the centenary of his execution
Featuring labor & folk songs performed by: Magpie (Terry Leonino & Greg Artzner) Charlie King George Mann with special guest John Braxton University Lutheran Church, 3637 Chestnut St. Saturday, July 25 at 7:30 pm Hosted by Crossroads Music in collaboration with the American Swedish Historical Museum and the Industrial Workers of the World Hungarian Literature Fund Tickets and more information at http://crossroadsconcerts.org/?p=4806 The Joe Hill Roadshow is a traveling concert commemorating the centennial of the execution of the leading songwriter of what Pete Seeger would later call "the singing-est union America has ever had." Joe Hill was born in Sweden in 1879 and moved to the US in his early twenties as a migrant worker. In 1910, he joined the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW or Wobblies), a radical labor union well known for its use of music and singing to encourage marchers, strikers, and picketers. His talent at writing new, political, lyrics to popular songs and hymns was soon made him a prominent figure in the union: he had written nearly third of the songs in the 1916 edition of its famous "Little Red Songbook." In 1914, Hill was arrested in Salt Lake City following a murder. Although no evidence connected him with the crime and and an eyewitness testified that he was not the murderer, he was convicted and executed November 19, 1915. ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity-Announce." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. You may post announcements to this list, but this list attempts to prevent discussion. Please use univcity to discuss messages on this list. Subscribers of univcity receive all mail to this list.