DEAR MRS RACCOON

off on tour we go pretty soon all free jazzed out style as the End Times Quartet!

Chris Lawrence - trumpet
Corey Ruffin - saxes
Sam Snedeker - bass violin
Brandon Hill- drums

June 2 2008
Music and Movement (tour fundraiser/benefit show)
Grand Rapids, Michigan

June 3 2008
Manifesto
Niles, Michigan

June 4 2008
Bela Dubby
Lakewood, Ohio

June 5 2008
Mickey Finns
toledo, Ohio

June 6 HELP!!! pennsylvania somewhere?!

June 7 HELP TOO!!! dc ish area?!?!

June 8 2008
Ghostprint Gallery
richmond, Virginia

June 9 2008
Purple Fiddle
Thomas, West Virginia

June 10 2008
Ground Effects
Berea, Kentucky

June 11 2008
internet cafe
Evansville, Indiana

June 12 2008
Cinemat
Bloomington, Indiana

ill have more info on these shows asap!

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in honor of this day i bring you the songs and stories of the industrial workers of the world as sang and told by Utah Phillips

mp3'd zip'd version here: Utah Phillips - We Have Fed You All A Thousand Years.zip

Tracklisting:
01) The Boss (author unknown, perhaps John Neuhaus. Tune: Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow.)
02) We Have Fed You All A Thousand Years (Words: an unknown proletarian. Music: Von Liebrich)
03) Sheep and Goats (Mike Quirke)
04) The Timberbeast's Lament (Collected by George Milburn, author unknown)
05) Dump The Bosses Off Your Back (John Brill, Tune: Take It To The Lord In Prayer)
06) The Lumberjack's Prayer (T-Bone Slim. Tune: Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow)
07) Mr. Block (Joe Hill. Tune: It Looks To Me Like A Big Time Tonight)
08) The Preacher And The Slave (Joe Hill. Tune: In The Sweet Bye And Bye)
09) The Popular Wobbly (T-Bone Slim. Tune: They Go Wild, Simply Wild Over Me)
10) Casey Jones-The Union Scab (Joe Hill. Tune: Casey Jones)
11) Where The Fraser River Flows (Joe Hill. Tune: Where The River Shannon Flows)
12) Bread And Roses (Words: James Oppenheim. Music: Caroline Kohlsaat)
13) Joe Hill (Words: Alfred Hayes; Music: Earl Robinson)
14) Union Burying Ground (Woody Guthrie)
15) The Two Bums (Collected by George Milburn, author unknown)
16) Hallelujah, I'm A Bum! (Harry McClintock. Tune: Revive Us Again)
17) Solidarity Forever (Ralph Chaplin. Tune: John Brown's Body)
18) There is Power In The Union (Joe Hill. Tune: There Is Power In The Blood)

Full Insert (click images for biggerness):

enjoy!

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