OGT DAILY Day Three Hundred and Forty Three EAST VILLAGE MEMORIES

Last night brought me to the East Village - Ave A and 6th Street to hear music in a little hole in the wall.   I remember years when I first moved to the city hanging out in such bars around Tompkins Square Park, playing pool and hearing music.  Staying lofts for all night parties and running into friends in the morning to go for breakfast.    The years of my youth.   How fun to travel back in time to hear my own son playing music.

Here he is at The Sidewalk Cafe - Ave A and 6th Street

Below is a link to a Woody Guthrie protest song which he recorded in conjunction with a request for donations to benefit immigrants and working class poor.

His words:

"This is my arrangement of a Woody Guthrie ballad called 1913 Massacre. It's about an Italian community of striking copper miners in Calumet, Michigan, whose Christmas Eve celebration was interrupted by anti-union forces with fatal consequence.

Over 100 years later our society continues to reap profits from the pain, suffering, and exploitation of immigrant and working class communities.

Donate now to these nonprofits fighting for human rights.

Rural & Migrant Ministry: "We act to overcome the prejudices and poverty that degrade and debilitate people within rural New York by building communities that celebrate diversity, achieve true mutuality and fight for dignity and opportunity to all." http://www.ruralmigrantministry.org/

Make the Road New York: "MRNY builds the power of Latino and working class communities to achieve dignity and justice through organizing, policy innovation, transformative education, and survival services." http://www.maketheroad.org/"

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