Part 1 will cover the years from roughly 1840 to 1940, and will include: field songs, dance songs, freedom songs, railroad songs, protest songs, union songs (e.g., from Joe Hill, and the Industrial Workers of the World, Florence Reese, etc.), Dustbowl songs (Woody Guthrie), etc. Audience participation will be encouraged – singing, percussion, insights, dialogue, etc.!

Part 2 starts with Woody Guthrie, and includes commentary about and songs by Pete Seeger, Leadbelly, Malvina Reynolds, Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Richie Havens, Bruce Springsteen, Joan Baez, Kris Kristofferson, John Prine, Steve Earle, and others. Audience participation is encouraged.

Doug Morris (Ph.D., Penn State) teaches in the world of critical pedagogy at West Chester University, is a former jazz guitarist, is a singer, composer, and performer of “people’s songs,” and has written about Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Bruce Springsteen, and others in the tradition of “people’s music.”