Name: Our Battle Song
Duration: P00H03M13S
Description: From a songbook printed in 1886 by Chicago printers and Knights of Labor members James and Emily Tallmadge. The tune is from the popular hymn "Hold the Fort," also a song that originated in Illinois.

Our Battle Song

from Welcome To Labor Land by Bucky Halker

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Brothers and Sisters! Fellow Workers! On with the song! Here's a sample of Illinois labor protest songs written between 1865 and 1955. Many have never been recorded and remain unknown. All of 'em deserve a wider audience. Wind up the Victrola and let the singing and dancing begin.

Bucky Halker on guitars and vocals
Drew Enselman on drums
Marshall Dawson on electric guitar
Dan Polonsky on electric and acoustic bass
Steve Rashid on Hammon organ, piano, and harmonica
Don Stiernberg on mandolin and fiddle

Welcome to Labor Land! Released 2002.

Recorded 2002 at Woodside Avenue Studios, Evanston, IL
Steve Rashid, engineer.
Tom Greensfelder, graphic design
Bucky Halker and Steve Rashid, producers

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From a songbook printed in 1886 by Chicago printers and Knights of Labor members James and Emily Tallmadge. The tune is from the popular hymn "Hold the Fort," also a song that originated in Illinois.

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from Welcome To Labor Land, released September 1, 2002
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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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