[antiwar-van] CDreleaseParty - 'radical folk of the great north' , joey only and the comrades

[Big Garlic Bobcat]

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!!!ATTENTION!!!all anarchists, hooligans, dissidents and freaks!!!
Raven Hymn Productions presents the official CD release party for:


RADICAL FOLK OF THE GREAT NORTH
JOEY ONLY AND THE COMRADES
sunday, october 3rd, 7:30PM, 324 cambie ST.
the afro-canadian restaurant


Comrades this is bound to be a dandy production, prob’ly the only one like
it on this side of hell.  I am releasing a brand new CD and I want you to
all be part of the occasion.  I have dreamed for a long time about the day
that I would release a CD of my work, that dream is about to pass, and you
must be there to share it with me.  This party also commemorates the 37th
anniversary of the passing of Woody Guthrie.  Vancouver Eastside’s most
anticipated new three peice punk rock group is going to get things
underway later in the evening, they are called THEE ARRESTED.  Thee
Arrested features Stiff Josh on guitar, Punk Sean on bass and me (joey
only) on the drums.  Why won’t you come hang out in the Afro-Canadian
Restaurant, drink some beer in the basement, and come along for the ride.


FEATURING THE PERFORMANCES OF:
Andy Mason and the Tricksters - folk rock
Thee Arrested - anarcho-punk metal band
David Roy Parsons - working class songwriter
Beto - Latin American Folk
Lukka - and friends
Joanna Chapman Smith - Modern Folk
plus more...

and...JOEY ONLY with his new CD:



RADICAL FOLK OF THE GREAT NORTH
I, Joey Only, have been playing in punk, rock, blues, jazz, and folk
groups for over 10 years.  For the last four years I have been singing
politicized folk music to happy audiences first in Belleville Ontario as a
member of the Tenant Action Group.  Since then I have travelled the
country singing songs that fit with my red-green-Zen-and-black
anarchist-worldview, playing with David Rovics, Flying Folk Army, Anne
Feeney, Chris Chandler, Rae Spoon, Bakunins Bum/One Speed Bike/Norman
Nawrocki and many more.  My unique style of playing and singing are
sometimes put away to do my infamous Johnny Cash impressions, to sing
Woody Guthrie, Utah Philips or any           of the old songs.

RADICAL FOLK OF THE GREAT NORTH is perhaps the most radical record to ever
talk about the Canadian situation.  As it is a gift to radicals I fought
alongside this record tells the story of organizers, fighters, tragedies
and more.  If you don’t know which song to play on your show read these
write-ups of every track.  This record features the vocals of Lukka, the
violin and vocals of Megan Adams, David Roy Parsons and Andy Mason on the
banjo, harmonica, mandolin and more.  It was produced by David Roy
Parsons, Engineered by Roger X


1.THE BEST YEARS, 2:28 - solo - A song about going to jail too young and
coming out too old.  A song about missing mom and all the good things she
does, especially when a pile of slop is put on yer prison tray!  This is a
stomping and plucking fun number.

2.PERSISTENT PETERBOROUGH POVERTY PROBLEM, 2:22 - full ensemble of
electric guitar, bass, whistling, accoustic, djembe and more.  A rock’n
tune about the town with the highest rate of homelessness in Ontario. 
Mentions the Peterborough Coalition Against Poverty and the Water Street
Squat of 2003.

3.SONG FOR A BC FIGHTBACK, 6:03 - solo with gang vocals in final chorus. 
This is the ultimate song about the BC political situation.  Each verse is
crammed full of what people have done to resist colonization and the
Campbell Government.  There is a good chance that if you did something
radical in BC it will get mentioned here!!  This song is my mom’s favorite
and is very funny yet country-folkish!

4.MEETING NIKI, 3:53 - 2 guitars and Andy Masons harmonica work.  This is
a very lovely sounding number about how Direct Action Casework is the tool
poor people use to fightback against beauracracy.  In Belleville Ontario
the Tenant Action Group prevented 1263 Hydro Cut-offs.  It all began when
Niki came to TAG for help, soon she was their best warrior!!

5.THE WORKING POOR, 4:12 - guitar, bass, piano - The Mike Harris
Government in Ontario did away with the 40 hour work week.  That’s
bullshit because I think that a 20 hour work week is too long, 60 hours is
legalized insanity!  I deserve more, you deserve more, that’s what this
song is for.

6.I DREAMED I SAW DUDLEY GEORGE LAST NIGHT, 5:05 - solo - There is an old
song called I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill, which was also sung for Phil Oakes,
which was also sung for Judi Bari, and now is sung for Dudley George.  He
was sub-machine gunned down in Ipperwash Provincial Park on Sept.6th 1995
and we know that the Ontario Government intended to send a message to all
native soveriegntists that day.

7.OCTOBER 16th 2001, DEFEAT HARRIS, 4:17 - solo - this song is about how
the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty began greater movement of the
Ontario Common Front.  This is a song about the day Mike Harris announced
his resignation from Premier and how a militant march through Toronto’s
economic core met the riot cops and tactically defeated them.

8.FIRE ON ANARCHIST MOUNTAIN, 4:05 - full ensemble of violin, gang vocals,
harmonica, mandolin, banjo, bass.  There is a place called Anarchist
Mountain near Osooyoos British Columbia that caught on fire last summer. 
At first I thought it happened so that the fire would blow into the US and
burn it all up, and it would be a sign of the revolution because it began
on Anarchist Mountain.  This year I think that the fire happened just so I
would have a great bluegrass song on my record.

9.NO ONE IS ILLEGAL, 5:46 - full ensemble, violin, harmonica, bass,
vocals, mandolin.  This is certainly the most powerfull song on the
record.  It lyrics tell people to tear down the borders as they are just
constructs of tyranny and oppression.  The moving music, anti-racist
message, touching lyrics, and fabulous ending have made people say that
this is their favorite on the record.  It’s certainly my favorite!

Your help is greatly appreciated.
joey only, 604-872-5153
garlicbobcat at resist.ca
JOEY: www.freewebs.com/joeyonly
RAVEN HYMN PRODUCTIONS: www.ravenhymn.com




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