Nearer My Job To Thee

from Anywhere But Utah: Songs of Joe Hill by Bucky Halker

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    Anywhere But Utah: Songs of Joe Hil features Bucky Halker performing the songs of martyred labor songwriter Joe Hill (1879-1915) and was released in 2015 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Hill's execution. Hill wrote some of the most well known labor protest songs in the US and his works have traveled around the world.

    This recording includes classics like "The Preacher and the Slave" "Rebel Girl," and "The Tramp," as well as lesser known songs and a few from the Swedish archives.

    Bucky was even able to locate and record a couple of Hill's unknown, non-labor songs - "Come And Take a Ride in My Aeroplane" and "My Dreamland Girl."

    The CD and a booklet includes extensive liner notes on Hill and each CD track, as well as lyrics and complete credits.

    A host of musicians perform with Bucky on the CD, including the St. Paul Male Swedish Choir, Jon Langford, Big Shoulders Brass Band, John Kattke, Sue Demel, Don Stiernberg, Andy Dee, Cathy Richardson, John Abbey, Lanialoha Lee-Sumberg, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, and many more.

    Released in November 2015.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Anywhere But Utah: Songs of Joe Hill via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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Joe Hill borrowed the tune from the hymn "Nearer By God To Thee" for this piece

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from Anywhere But Utah: Songs of Joe Hill, released November 18, 2015
Bucky Halker on vocal and guitar, joined by John Abbey on bass, Sue Demel on vocal, and John Kattke on piano. Credits and liners notes available with CD.

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Bucky Halker Chicago, Illinois

Songwriter/performer/historian - Albums: Wisconsin 2-13-63, #1 & 2; Anywhere But Utah: Songs of Joe Hill; & The Ghost of Woody Guthrie. Appears on 1999 Grammy nominated album-Ella Jenkins and a Union of Friends Pulling Together. Has toured Europe since 1990. Wrote "For Democracy, Workers, and God: Labor Song-Poems and Labor Protest 1865-1895." Produced 5 volume CD set Folksongs of Illinois. ... more

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