Having been brought up on the Radio Ballads, I had the joy of seeing 'Ewan' and his (Tiger guardian) Peggy Seeger, at the Topic Folk Club in Bradford - W Yorks.
The collaborations between MacColl, Seeger and their radio producer Charles Parker, some how managed to by-pass the MI5 tail on MacColl - but increased the erroneous reputation of the BBC (especially the BBC's Third Programme - as it was then) as being a hot bed of Communists. Not sure he was ever a Socialist tho'.
Always loved this song. Sadly, although I was a regular at the Topic Club I must have missed their appearance there.
bigislander2 5 days ago
just beautiful
AMOGLES99 1 month ago
Having been brought up on the Radio Ballads, I had the joy of seeing 'Ewan' and his (Tiger guardian) Peggy Seeger, at the Topic Folk Club in Bradford - W Yorks.
The collaborations between MacColl, Seeger and their radio producer Charles Parker, some how managed to by-pass the MI5 tail on MacColl - but increased the erroneous reputation of the BBC (especially the BBC's Third Programme - as it was then) as being a hot bed of Communists. Not sure he was ever a Socialist tho'.
Manythanx 4 pstng!
TheDawgKatcher 4 months ago
Listen to the words. A true Manchester Socialist. God Bless You
gazrobbo53 4 months ago
@jaybeefrommanchester Nice to know there's still a few of us about!
SouthCoastMackem 4 months ago
@gazrobbo53 i sell newspapers for the socialist party, i might start singin this song instead...
jaybeefrommanchester 4 months ago 2
@thegeezerdan me too...
jaybeefrommanchester 4 months ago
@SouthCoastMackem i agree comrade....
jaybeefrommanchester 4 months ago
Wonderful. Great artist. And a socialist too! Wonderful.
SouthCoastMackem 5 months ago
The rights of people have always had to be struggled for, are easily lost and should be jealously guarded. Long live visionaries!
nelsonandchintz 5 months ago