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| Location: | www.punkfolkbanjo.com SAN FRANCISCO, California |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Dec 12, 2007 (308 days back) |
About Me |
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I'm currently completing my third cd, produced by JP Bowersock (The Strokes, Ryan Adams). These songs tend to have banjo, be folky in their populist lyrics, and have a punky, rocky musical aesthetic. The songs on this album are social/political, ranging from more overt stuff like "My People are Rising" to more metaphorical tunes like "Dig Roads" and "Just Needed to Borrow Your Saw." A few of the songs I've written have actually been of historical significance. "Sold Down the River" was the song played in continuous-loop from the Steelworkers' billboard truck on the tear gas-hazed streets of Seattle during the WTO protests. "The Union Grand" was the theme song of the Million Worker March on Washington. "Walk out of Jerusalem" will be sung as a sing-along in three languages at the 5 Million Peace March on Jerusalem. And "The Silence of Good People" was inducted into the National Civil Rights Museum in 2003. Over the last couple years I've been playing mainly on the streets, at picket lines, protests, rallies and such. But after I get this album out I'll also be back playing cafes and clubs. I've played pretty much in every type of venue: music festivals, rock clubs, police barricades, churches, subways, from flatbed and billboard trucks, community centers, auditoriums, trade union meetings, on the steps of government buildings, and in corporate radio stations and pirate radio stations. I've been booed off a stage in Nashville, been arrested at machine gun-point for attempting to perform for a particularly unreceptive audience, and played for crowds of tens of thousands. I've got more sound clips and some essays at www.department-of-justice.org if you're interested. I'd love to hear from you if you would like to have me play at your rally, protest or picket, have any music to recommend, or would like to keep me informed about some current issue. Peace, Jack Neil Young's website has a great list of current political songs which you can check out HERE ! (They've included my song "Hey, Rich King Midas"! If you have a moment and could search on and click on "Midas" to vote for it, that would be much appreciated.) I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4 STOP THE VIOLENCE USE YOUR TALENTS© EDUCATE STOP THE VIOLENCE USE YOUR TALENTS© MUSIC IS THE VEHICLE FEATURED AT: Get the code for this banner! |
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Music:Member Since: 3/26/2006Band Website: department-of-justice.org Band Members: Jack Chernos on banjo and guitars. JP Bowersock on guitars and bass. David Daniels on drums. Bud Hudgins on bass on "Roads." Alex Walsh on percussion. Bobby Black on pedal steel on "Train." Produced by JP Bowersock. Sounds Like: punk/folk banjo (... plus some rock, gospel, the Bill of Rights, ...) Record Label: Will be looking ... Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Folk Rock / Punk / Alternative) |
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My Blog |
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Race, Class and the Five-String Banjo |
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| Race, Class and the Five-String Banjo by Jack Chernos"Probably no musical instrument has ever had to fight its way through such bitter antagonism as the BANJO, and the fact that it has become... Posted by Jack Chernos -- punk/folk banjo on Mon, 19 Jun 2006 11:35:00 PST |
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At what point are we officially fascist?!?!!? |
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| When the presidential election was stolen in 2000, with 90,000 black voters disenfranchised and then the Supreme Court still having to rule that democracy would be better served if the votes weren't ... Posted by Jack Chernos -- punk/folk banjo on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 02:44:00 PST |
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Good News about Bad News: Pacifica Radio and Indymedia sites |
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| From the emails I get it seems not everyone knows about some really good non-corporate Internet media sources. One of the best sources I've found for audio news is Democracy Now. The host, Amy... Posted by Jack Chernos -- punk/folk banjo on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 04:58:00 PST |
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Greg Palast's new book, "Armed Madhouse" |
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| Greg Palast is the BBC reporter who broke the story about the 94,000 predominantly-black voters who were purged from the voter roles in Florida in the 2000 election. Of course, that got virtually no ... Posted by Jack Chernos -- punk/folk banjo on Sun, 18 Jun 2006 11:41:00 PST |
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Democracy Now!, One Music Campaign, JAILTIME FOR BUSH & CO., Musicians & Artists for Peace, 5 million peace march, CAROLINER RAINBOW BLUEMBIEGH TREASON OF THE ABYSS, David, The One Campaign, Embla, Dock Boggs, Mike West, The Labor Movement, Fear and Rain, PHILLIP ROEBUCK, The Midnight Show, Living In Polaroids, Artists for the Ethical Treatmant of Humans, Indypendent, Percival, Akonting, Break The Silence~Stop The Violence! Foundation M, The World Can't Wait, WORLD LOVE DAY -- Washington, D.C., Summer 2008, Goldie, Debra, Chris Bramble, Janet, Jessie Williams(Split Cd Coming Out Soon), katsuya, Joel, ♥ Dawn ♥ aka Desa, Dead Violets, sahua, Sam Raines, dylan!, PEACE.FM, Tony Bach, Brian Vasey, Ninure da Hippie, HEALER/MONSTER, coco, ~The Music Chic~, Would you give 1 click to end the war?, Joy (to the World), Il briganti, Catherine, Bob Couchenour, Claudia, Global Peace Concert, Banjo Bunny E-Cards, The CNP Horns, Kellen Bassette, Kevin Bowers New Album Now Available On-Line, Zaggered Epoch, Bumpkin, Matt Carr, thank-you!, Fail Safe Artistry, GOLD TONE INSTRUMENTS
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