Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Johnny Don't Study War No More

Time to break out the anti-war/peace music.
The New York Path to Peace has another video out, based on a traditional tune, When Johnny Comes Marching Home. Arranged by Steve Swell, it features Roswell Rudd on solo trombone. The photographs are from the Library of Congress and depict the battlefield at Gettysburg. A good many of these photographs were prepared in stereo-pairs, implying that they were intended for home viewing. Given the often grisly subject matter in these photos, that, I believe, makes them “war porn.”


Members of The New York Path to Peace, August 29, 2008



Music by The New York Path to Peace
Editing and Assembly by Xanadu Jive (Bill Benzon aka STC4blues)

Roswell Rudd, Solo Trombone
Steve Swell, Arranger

Music

The New York Path to Peace:

Victor Jaroslaw: Drums, Sekere
Steve Swell: Trombone
Sam Kulik: Trombone
Roswell Rudd: Trombone
Matt Moran: Bass Drum & Cymbal
Greg Glassman: Trumpet
Everyone: Chants
Enrique Fernandez: Alto Sax
Don Slatoff: Tenor Sax, Bass Clarinet
Dan Peck: Tuba
Chris Stromquist: Snare Drum
Charlie Keil: Valve Trombone, Percussion
Bob Hovey: Trombone
Bill Benzon: Trumpet
Allen Farmelo: Percussion

Produced by Allen Farmelo & Charlie Keil
Recorded by Allen Farmelo at Mavericks Studio, NYC
Mixed & Mastered by Allen Farmelo at The Farm, Brooklyn
Assistant Engineer: Jessica Thomson

Music © 2009 12/8 PR
www.128path.org

Photographs

Civil War photographs from the American Memory collection of the Library of Congress.

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