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Which Side Are You On?

The Slumlord's Kids EP is a collection of songs recorded on tour in response to the rising tide of American fascism. Songs were recorded in various locations including The House With No Name in Columbus, OH, The Bummer City Historical Society in Boston, MA, a truck stop in central Illinois, and a park in Memphis. The EP features the single The Slumlord's Kids from the full length album 'Ordinary Eternal Machinery' released January 2017. All proceeds from the EP go to benefit organizations doing social justice and antifa work.

The Slumlord's Kids music video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqgM8lKa-Mk

download Ordinary Eternal Machinery:
https://nathanleigh.bandcamp.com/album/ordinary-eternal-machinery

Credits:
Nathan Leigh - Vocals, guitar, bass, ukulele, drums, organ
Marc Blur - Bagpipes
Chelsea Wolf - Backing Vocals

The Slumlord's Kids Single Mix:
Rikki Bates - Drums
Anthony Cekay - Tenor Sax
Joel Esher - Piano
Victor Pachas - Drums
Alicia Rau - Trumpet
Tom Liedenfrost - Accordion

The Slumlord's Kids EP

A song sung as a lullaby in my family for several generations sung here into the can for posterity and generations to come. Known to us only as "The Willy Song." A song likely long forgotten by most.

The Willie Song - By Clayton Luce

"Cocaine" - Cover by Clayton Luce

Another old song resurrected into the can here for your enjoyment. O Death, also known as O, Death, Oh Death and Conversations with Death, is a traditional American folk song. In 2004, the Journal of Folklore Research asserted that "O, Death" is Lloyd Chandler's song "A Conversation with Death", which Chandler performed in the 1920s while preaching in Appalachia.

"Oh Death" - Cover by Clayton Luce

My cover of "Ends" from the album Whitey Ford Sings the Blues by Everlast. Whitey Ford Sings the Blues blended rap with acoustic and electric guitars, developed by Everlast together with producers Dante Ross and John Gamble. Played into the can here with no percussion's.

"Ends" - Cover by Clayton Luce

In this episode the gang discusses GAB.ai, a new social media platform created by right leaning former Silicon Valley employee, Andrew Torba as a platform for freedom of speech. We discuss the platform, our thoughts, the alt-right, the new social media, some features and our ideas for improvements.

Let's Talk Podcast: GAB.ai, Andrew Torba, Censorship and the New Social Media

"Which Side Are You On?" is a song written in 1931 by Florence Reece, the wife of Sam Reece, a union organizer for the United Mine Workers in Harlan County, Kentucky.

In 1931, the miners and the mine owners of that region were locked in a bitter and violent struggle (called the Harlan County War). In an attempt to intimidate the Reece family, Sheriff J. H. Blair and his men (hired by the mining company) illegally entered their family home in search of Sam Reece. Sam had been warned in advance and escaped, but Florence and their children were terrorized in his place. That night, after the men had gone, Florence wrote the lyrics to "Which Side Are You On?" on a calendar that hung in the kitchen of her home. She took the melody from a traditional Baptist hymn, "Lay the Lily Low", or the traditional ballad "Jack Munro".

Reece supported a second wave of miner strikes circa 1973, as recounted in the documentary Harlan County USA. She and others performed "Which Side Are You On?" a number of times throughout. Reece recorded the song later in life, and it can be heard on the album Coal Mining Women.

The song is referred to by Bob Dylan in the song "Desolation Row". It was also the inspiration for the title of Alessandro Portelli's 2011 book on Harlan County's coal mining community.

https://youtu.be/nU1eVfvU-KI

"Which Side Are You On" -  Cover by Clayton Luce

The Dread (feat. Clayton Luce)

Billy Bragg's new version of Florence Reece's iconic union song "Which Side Are You On?" written specifically for Occupy.

Billy Bragg has performed at Occupy the London Stock Exchange outside St. Paul's, Occupy London's Bank of Ideas, and occupations across the UK.

1 Which Side Are You On - Billy Bragg

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Which Side Are You On

"Which Side Are You On" - Cover by Clayton Luce

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