Ani DiFranco & Utah Phillips : 'Pie In The Sky'

'Pie In The Sky' -- lyrics by Joe Hill; Tune traditional. Taken from the album 'Fellow Workers', Righteous Babe Records, 1999. Performed by Ani DiFranco, Utah Phillips, Julie Wolf, Jason Mercer, Daren Hahn & Andrew Gilchrist. Recorded before a live in-studio audience @ Kingsway in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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[vazzeg]

Can anyone tell where that "Obedience to the law is freedom" can or could be seen? I guess it was a prison, but I'd very much welcome some concrete information.

[Andy Fleming]

According to one source, it was a sign hung over the entrance to a US army base in New Jersey in 1969.

[mallducklard]

Radical left? You've got to be kidding. This isn't radical. This is exactly the way it is.

[LarryRickenbacker]

The IWW provided the soundtrack for the radical left arm of the early 20th century labour movement. This is one of the IWW's "greatest hits" so to speak.

[smartalek180]

I was so lucky to have been able to see the great Utah Phillips while he was still with us.

Course, he'll always still be with us -- and not just in spirit, thanks to YouTube and uploaders like Andy Fleming here.

But it's even better when it's IRL.

[TheMercilessEye]

And it calls to mind yet another, familiar, slogan at a certain gate:

"Arbeit macht frei" - "Work will set you free"

--- the slogan on the entrance gate at Auschwitz...

[Nancy Benefiel]

I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night, alive as he could be

Says I "But joe your 10 years dead"

"I never died" said he

[pdxbohica]

Ft. Dix Stockade gate 

[Mythification]

I'm from (and still lives) in Gävle, Joe Hill's native hometown.

It was a great unjust what happened to Joe. Let him never to be forgotten.

[silverwhistle]

Terrific fun, and accurately observed! Joel Hägglund/Hillstrom/Hill – taken from us far too soon, but thanks for all the songs!

[cooks37]

Buddy Christ lol