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Song of the day
(do you want the history of your favorite folk song? dm me or submit an ask and I'll do a full rundown)
"My Dirty Stream (Hudson River Song)" Pete Seeger, 1966
like all of the songs on the "God Bless the Grass" album, this song is meant to send an environmental message and raise awareness of pollution of the Hudson River. this was also the same year that Pete Seeger told of his plans to build sloop, the Clearwater, to advocate for the cleaning of the Hudson River.
clearwater.org 2011
"Giving voice to a silent river, folk singer Pete Seeger helped create an environmental group that built the sloop Clearwater. Shoreside festivals dramatize the river's plight and promise. With money raised, the organization cries foul against polluters and agencies that fail to regulate them."
National Geographic - January, 1978