Amazing. From bemoaning the fact that there is not enough socialism in music anymore on the way to the festival along came Chris TT in the acoustic tent to play my favourite set of the whole Truck Weekend."I've never been in favour of police brutality but when the huntsman comes a-marchin' well give him one for me, officer, give him one for me."
Chris TT is a folk singer whose songs deal with all aspects of life. However his last release, 9 Red Songs, was full of modern protest songs the likes of which Billy Bragg used to sing a long time ago. Indeed Billy gets a ribbing on Preaching To The Converted:
Nobody's got any good red songs anymore.
And Billy Bragg's gone fishing in his four by four.
He sung with such conviction and passion that one of our party had tears in his eyes. I found myself choking on some of the lyrics myself especially when he sung about the destruction of Britain's forests which covered half this country in 1945 and now barely covers 10% such is the need for motorways and bypasses. And judging by the applause at the end he was certainly preaching to the converted.
Poverty's bad war is bad racism's bad,
Well done, have a biscuit
Sing it out loud to a partisan crowd,
If everybody here agrees with me
Maybe I should go and sing to the enemies
But no, I don't want to risk it.
Chris TT - The Huntsman Comes A-Marchin (better download quick - it's due to be pulled very shortly)
Stream or download more songs via My Space - and before anyone comments on that he knows the irony!
Needless to say I picked up the album without hesitation.
Buy Chris TT
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