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Howe Gelb’s ‚The Ballad of the Tucson 2‘ available now
2006-01-04
El General
Tucson musician Howe Gelb has written and produced “The Ballad of the Tucson 2” to benefit two humanitarian aid workers on trial for providing medical assistance to migrants. Janet Beveridge Bean and Catherine Irvine of old-school country band [U][COLOR=#0000ff]Freakwater provide additional vocals on the track.
Photo by Michael Hyatt
A numbered edition of 100 CDs are currently available around Tucson for a $10 minimum donation to help get charges dropped against Shanti Sellz and Daniel Strauss, the two volunteers for No More Deaths who were arrested.
For complete information on the incident, the trial and the campaign to drop the charges, see [U][COLOR=#0000ff]www.nomoredeaths.org.
Numbers 1 through 5 of “The Ballad of the Tucson 2” will be auctioned on eBay. The auctions for numbers 1-3 are under way:
[U][COLOR=#0000ff]Auction #1
[U][COLOR=#0000ff]Auction #2
[U][COLOR=#0000ff]Auction #3
The Ballad of the Tucson 2
[written by Howe Gelb – Scatter Land My Little
Darlin BMI, 2005]
Howe Gelb (vocals, guitars, piano)
Catherine Irvine and Janet Beveridge Bean (vocals)
Peter Dombernowsky (drums)
Talula and Luka Gelb (vocals)
Recorded by Jim Blackwood and Duncan Hudson at KXCI Studio 2a
Mixed by Howe Gelb and Duncan Hudson
Mastered by Jim Blackwood at KUAT
Artists appear courtesy of Thrill Jockey Records
Bonus track: “Underground Train” by The Band of Blacky Ranchette (1986).
CDs available now at:
— [U][COLOR=#0000ff]Antigone Books
— [U][COLOR=#0000ff]Bohemia
— [U][COLOR=#0000ff]CD City
— [U][COLOR=#0000ff]Chicago Music Store
— [U][COLOR=#0000ff]Congress Hotel
— [U][COLOR=#0000ff]Rainbow Guitars
— [U][COLOR=#0000ff]Rainbow Planet Cafe
— [U][COLOR=#0000ff]Sticks and StringsFrom Howe Gelb:
[INDENT]The characters in these songs are folk heroes. They are real people saving real lives.
[INDENT]Current times often dictate right and wrong based upon political spin and its application upon the public.
[INDENT]But I am not a political songwriter, only a dabbler in sensible pause. In the future, these song characters may represent the best of us, not only as a country, but even more so as a species.
[INDENT]At the moment, these two young 23 year old volunteers are going up for trial (January 5th 2006) because their presence in the desert actually saved the lives of several migrant workers (a father and son included) that had lost their way here in the sweltering summer heat.
[INDENT]They were out there to alter the death rate under a punishing sun and the desperation that permeates.
[INDENT]They were arrested taking these Mexican nationals for medical attention up to Tucson.
[INDENT]That is the crux.
[INDENT]The fate of these two young heroes is of severe consequence to the future we wish to live in.
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“It's much harder to be a liberal than a conservative. Why? Because it is easier to give someone the finger than a helping hand.” — Mike Royko