License to Vote

License To Vote

We’ve waited four years so there’s no need for any more hopes, prayers, or incantations. Our way of American life is on the line. The choice is ours. As our image says: “Vote as you please, but please vote.” We’re kicking off the five day countdown with a collection of music featuring political songs, songs about voting, democracy, freedom, and civil rights; ; all of which are currently threatened by this administration and its sycophants, traitors, and rats. We’ll hear from Steve Goodman, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Bob Dylan, The New Christy Minstrels, and (of course) Roy Zimmerman, all of whom touch on one or more of our topics of the day. We’ve got free speech, no bull radio here in Sonoma County and Deeper Roots will take this Friday out to use a bullhorn to ask that you go out and vote, for heaven’s (and democracy’s) sake. We need to turn this ship around and this is our best opportunity.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Roy Zimmerman My Vote My Voice My Right The Faucet's On Fire Amazon
3Charles Bukowski Face of a Political Candidate Underwater Poetry Festival Amazon
4Ellis Paul Election Day The Storyteller's Suitcase Amazon
5Steve Earle Snake Oil Ain't Ever Satisfied: The Steve Earle Collection (2 of 2) Amazon
6Keb' Mo' Featuring Rosanne Cash Put A Woman In Charge Put A Woman In Charge Amazon
7Sweet Honey In The Rock We Want The Vote! Chant The Women Gather Amazon
8Mayor Richard Daley Press Conference on the Riots at the Democratic Convention Great Speeches of the 20th Century Amazon
9Norman & Nancy Blake The Democratic Donkey (Is In His Stall Again) The Hobo's Last Ride Amazon
10Utah Phillips The rich will not permit you to vote away their wealth Making Speech Free Amazon
11Bruce Cockburn Call It Democracy Anything Anytime Anywhere (Singles 1979-2002) Amazon
12Todd Snider Talking Reality Television Blues Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3 Amazon
13Dan Zanes Lincoln And Liberty Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag Amazon
14Ry Cooder One Cat, One Vote, One Beer My Name Is Buddy Amazon
15Leonard Cohen Democracy More Best of Leonard Cohen Amazon
16The New Christy Minstrels My Name is Liberty Green, Green Amazon
17Carolina Chocolate Drops Day of Liberty Divided & United: The Songs of the Civil War Amazon
18Sweet Honey In The Rock Give The People Their Right To Vote! The Women Gather Amazon
19Bob Dylan Chimes Of Freedom Another Side Of Bob Dylan Amazon
20Bryan Sutton Battle Cry of Freedom Divided & United: The Songs of the Civil War Amazon
21Arlo Guthrie Presidential Rag Arlo Guthrie Amazon
22Roy Zimmerman The Don Rize Up Amazon
23Randy Newman Mr. President (Have Pity on the Working Man) Good Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1 Amazon
24Chad Mitchell Trio Your Friendly, Liberal, Neighborhood Ku-Klux-Klan The Best Of The Chad Mitchell Trio The Mercury Years Amazon
25Willie Nelson Vote Em Out Vote 'Em Out Amazon
26Roy Zimmerman Sweeney Trump Rize Up Amazon
27Moss Henry Crazy at the Wheel Crazy at the Wheel (Single) Amazon
28Jay & The Americans Only In America Come A Little Bit Closer – The Best of Jay and The Americans Amazon
29The Tillers All You Fascists Bound to Lose The Tillers Amazon