Artist description Seven bands appear on the website: Paper Boys: This Teamster group formed when the two Detroit newspapers announced a combination in a court-approved monopoly in 1986. Detroit CWAC: A pickup band of strikers and supporters; the name was inspired at the founding convention of the Labor Party in 1996. Anne Feeney: The Pittsburgh-based "queen of labor rock 'n' roll" is president of the Pittsburgh Musicians Union, and visited our picket lines many times. Finland Station: A folk band in Detroit in the 1980s specializing in vocal harmonies. Billy Bragg and Ian McLagan: Need no introduction. Blue Spirit Tribe: A blues band led by Keith Owens, editorial writer for the locked-out workers' Detroit Sunday Journal. Voices of Solidarity: Led by Elise Bryant of the Meany Labor Center in DC.

Music Style Blues/Folk/Traditional

Musical Influences Blues/Folk/Traditional

Similar Artists Almanac Singers, Billy Bragg, Tom Lehrer, Weavers.

Artist History The site convenes a variety of bands and style types. The common denominator is music from and about the strike/lockout.

Group Members Gary Benjamin, Ellis Boal, Barry Bogin, Billy Bragg, Tom Brennan, Tim Brockett, Elise Bryant, Phil Cangemi, Kate Carter, Frank Charters, Anne Feeney, Janet Goldwasser, Renell Gonsalves, Ken Fuelling, Yarrow Halstead, Ken Kellett, Marty Krist, Ian McLagan, Gordy Mills, Ernie Modestino, Susan Newell, Keith Owens, Kris Peterson, Calvin Posner, Craig Rice, Carl Robinson, Jean Dietrick Rooney, R. L. Stevens, Lee Tilson, Spencer VanDerhoof, Bob Vasseur, and many others.

Instruments Bass, concertina, drums, flute, guitar, harmonica, kazoo, keyboards, percussion, spoons, trombone, washboard.

Albums 500 Days, Down There And Underneath It All

Press Reviews Sing Out!: "well worth a listen.... the Detroit strike is in many ways historic, uniting all of the newspaper trades against two union-busting media giants, and these songs represent an interesting document of this struggle."

Additional Info Lots of photos by striking, locked-out, and fired photograpers for the Detroit News and Free Press. Links to other labor music, and the Detroit Sunday Journal. And remember: No Scab Papers!

Location Detroit, MI - USA

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