Robert Burrows Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 On December 6, 1965, on the album Turn! Turn! Turn!, the Byrds released He Was A Friend Of Mine, a traditional song that Rodger McGuinn had rewritten and transformed into a eulogy for JFK. On June 17, 1967, after an incendiary introduction by guitarist David Crosby, the Byrds performed the song at the Monterey Pop Festival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Burrows Posted April 26, 2021 Author Share Posted April 26, 2021 Phil Ochs, live in Montreal, on October 22, 1966... And another interesting introduction: "You're under arrest, lock the doors...(laugh)...it worked...(laugh)... -long pause- (tuning) "As you know, I'm a folk singer for the F.B.I..." -longer pause- (more tuning) "Here's a song, about the Kennedy assassination called The Crucifixion..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis Morissette Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Burrows Posted April 26, 2021 Author Share Posted April 26, 2021 (edited) Not a song about the assassination, but a reaction to it. As Richard Metzger wrote in 2015: After the tragic events in Dallas, Garland, then doing a weekly series on CBS, went to the network executives with the idea to do a tribute to the fallen President. They were very cool to the idea. One of the CBS brass is alleged to have told her that in a month or so, that no one would even remember Kennedy! Undaunted Garland chose to end her next show with a powerful performance of “Battle Hymn of the Republic” that left no one, but no one wondering who she was singing it for. (According to Garland’s daughter Lorna Luft, in the studio Garland had said “This is for you, Jack,” but it was edited out for broadcast...) https://dangerousminds.net/comments/watch_judy_garland_sing_her_heart_out_for_jfk Edited April 26, 2021 by Robert Burrows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Bulman Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 2 hours ago, Robert Burrows said: Phil Ochs, live in Montreal, on October 22, 1966... And another interesting introduction: "You're under arrest, lock the doors...(laugh)...it worked...(laugh)... -long pause- (tuning) "As you know, I'm a folk singer for the F.B.I..." -longer pause- (more tuning) "Here's a song, about the Kennedy assassination called The Crucifixion..." Haunting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Gallaway Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 All very cool, Robert! I always wondered if Phil Ochs might have been the initial inspiration for that opening socially conscious Dylan stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Fite Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 (edited) Edited April 26, 2021 by Bill Fite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Burrows Posted April 26, 2021 Author Share Posted April 26, 2021 8 hours ago, Ron Bulman said: Especially haunting considering that fellow folk singer Jim Glover said that Ochs told him that he was a "security observer" in Dallas on 11/22/63... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Burrows Posted April 26, 2021 Author Share Posted April 26, 2021 Mahalia Jackson recorded this heartbreaking version of In The Summer Of His Years on November 29, 1963... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Burrows Posted April 26, 2021 Author Share Posted April 26, 2021 Dion, 1968, before the second assassinations off JFK, RFK and MLK had occurred.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Burrows Posted April 26, 2021 Author Share Posted April 26, 2021 11 hours ago, Robert Burrows said: Mahalia Jackson recorded this heartbreaking version of In The Summer Of His Years on November 29, 1963... Mahalia Jackson also sang at the funeral of Martin Luther King. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Zartman Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 Also mentioned in the Rolling Stones song "Sympathy For The Devil" and the original version of " Mommy And Daddy" by the Monkees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Bulman Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Well, if you've never seen it. Not to make light of the assassination or it's importance in History. But for the sake of levity . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Burrows Posted June 11, 2021 Author Share Posted June 11, 2021 8 hours ago, Ron Bulman said: Well, if you've never seen it. Not to make light of the assassination or it's importance in History. But for the sake of levity . . . That was great! Thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Prutsok Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 10 hours ago, Ron Bulman said: Well, if you've never seen it. Not to make light of the assassination or it's importance in History. But for the sake of levity . . . Levity aside, that's as powerful as anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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