Made using 14 different archival recordings, this song is built around the classic labor song, “Which Side Are You On?” written by FLORENCE REECE, and sung by a group of IWW members in Chicago in 1983. It begins with Aunt Molly Jackson, the voice of Harlan County mineworkers during the 1930’s, and features a blind street performer and harmonica player from Clarksdale, MS –Turner Junior Johnson – playing the old hymn, “When I Lay My Burden Down.”
from
A Yankee Clipper In Congo Square,
released March 15, 2018
Alan Berliant bass
Kat Eggleston hammer dulcimer
Curt Morrison electric guitar & Rickenbacker electric 12-string
Steve Mullen piano, Keys, organ synth & drum programming
John Rice acoustic slide gtr, lap steel & banjo
Jeff Thomas drums & percussion
Group Vocals Joan Collaso, Yvonne Gage, Robin Robinson, Clara Smith
Strings Teresa Fream violin
Mike Shelton violin
Wendy Evans violin
Ben Wedge viola
Larry Glazier cello
Bob Bovee & IWW group originally recorded August 31, 1984
at Holstein’s, Lincoln Ave. Chicago, IL