the freedom playlist

Here's my set list from last night's Independence Day show. I dug up my post about last year's which reminded me of a few traditions I had set for myself.

hour 1:
Richie Havens – Freedom
SNCC Freedom Singers – Woke Up This Morning with My Mind on Freedom
The Isley Brothers – Fight the Power
Talking Heads – Totally Nude
Jonathan Edwards – Sunshine
The Clash – The Guns of Brixton
Birmingham Movement Choir – I’m On My Way
Deee-lite – River of Freedom
Jefferson Airplane – Volunteers
The Impressions – This is My Country
XTC – Statue of Liberty
Alabama Christian Movement Choir – 99 and a Half Won’t Do
The Young Rascals – People Got To Be Free
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Get Up, Stand Up
Five Man Electrical Band – Signs
Casablanca soundtrack – Die Wacht am Rhein/La Marseillaise

hour 2:
Cleo Kennedy & Carlton Reese – Yes We Want Our Freedom
Edwin Starr – War
Elvis Costello & the Attractions – What’s So Funny ‘bout Peace Love and Understanding
Carlton Reese – We’re Marching on to Freedom Land
Phil Ochs – I Ain’t Marching Anymore
Roy Ayres – Searching
Mothers of Invention – Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance
Roy Rogers – Don’t Fence Me In
Frank Sinatra – My Way
The Bobby Fuller Four – I Fought the Law
The Fleshtones – R-I-G-H-T-S
Johnny Cash – The Man in Black
The Who – Won’t Get Fooled Again
Todd Rundgren – A Dream Goes on Forever
Woody Guthrie – This Land is Your Land
Big & Rich – Our America
Bob Marley – Redemption Song