Joan Baez – Saigon Bride
Joan Baez sang “Saigon Bride” on her 1967 album “Joan”. Baez was politically active, and lent her voice to the social causes of the time, in particular the civil rights movement and anti-Vietnam War movement (and in the decades since, human rights, gay & lesbian rights, the environment, and against the wars in Iraq, against [...]
Arlo Guthrie’s “Alice’s Restaurant Massacre”
Arlo Guthrie‘s anti-draft, anti-war song “Alice’s Restaurant Massacre“, was released in 1967. It was very popular, as evidenced by the album “Alice’s Restaurant” being certified “gold” (500,000 units sold) in June 1969. At over 18 minutes long, the bulk of the song is a humorously exaggerated account of a series of partially true events that [...]