The Listen Up! show has been UPHELD as CONSTITUTIONAL and “Revolution Get Down” went down as planned. So start your Independence Day shindigs off right as we descend into the labyrinth of sound with a wild mix of music from and about the USA.
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Background Music: Dick Schory- The National Emblem March – Music For Bang Baaroom and Harp – 1958
Man or Astroman – Maximum Radiation Level – Experiment Zero – 1996
The Bellrays – Revolution Get Down – Red, White and Black – 2004
Bruce McCulloch – That’s America – Shame Based Man – 1995
The Blasters – American Music – The Blasters – 1981
Chuck Berry – Promise Land – St. Louis To Liverpool – 1965
Carl Perkins – Tennessee – The Complete Sun Singles – 1956
Vincent – Freedom’s Coming – Freedom’s coming/ I’m losing time – 1973
Ween – Freedom of ’76 – Chocolate and Cheese – 1974
Tim Hardin – Simple Song of Freedom – Simple Song of Freedom/Question of Birth – 1969
The Fleshtones – American Beat ’84 – Bachelor Party OST – 1984
Rory Storm and The Hurricanes – America – Liverpool 1963-1968 – 1964
The Count Five – Declaration of Independence – Psychotic Reaction- 1965
The MC5 – American Ruse – Back In The USA – 1970
The Original Sins – Later Than You Think – Party’s Over -1990
The Dictators – New York, New York – Fuck ‘Em If They Can’t Take a Joke – 1981
Marah – Christian Street – Kids In Philly – 2000
Sufjurn Stevens – The Upper Peninsula- Greetings From Michigan, The Great Lake State – 2003
The Byrds – Hickory Wind – Sweetheart of The Rodeo – 1968
Ryan Adams – Oh My Sweet Carolina – Heartbreaker – 2000
Uncle Tupelo – New Madrid – Anodyne – 1993
Lord Buckely -The Gettysburg Address – His Royal Hipness – 1956
The Skeptics – The Ghost of Abraham Lincoln – Snallygaster -1986
The B-52’s – 52 Girls – The B-52’s – 1979
The Beat – U.S.A. – The Beat – 1979
Redd Kross – 1976 – Third Eye – 1990
Gene Marshall – Jimmy Carter Says Yes – Beat of The Trap MSR Madness – 197?
Joey Welz – Rockin’ In America – single – 1985
The Cramps – Route 66 – Flamejob – 1994
Dead Milkmen – Wisconsin – A Date With The Dead Milkmen – 1983
Jonathan Richman – Parties in the U.S.A. – I, Jonathan – 1992
Phil Ochs – Power and the Glory – All The News That’s Fit To Sing – 1964
Randy Newman – Political Science – Sail Away – 1972
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings – This Land Is Your Land – Naturally – 2005