Labor's troubadour
By: Joe Glazer.
Series: Music in American life
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
Subjects: Glazer, Joe.; Singers -- United States -- Biography.; Labor movement -- United States -- Songs and music -- History and criticism.
Genres: Biography.; Songs and music
Description: "Spiced with colorful anecdotes, leavened with humor, and rich with compassion for the struggles of the rank-and-file worker, Labor's Troubadour traces the life and work of labor balladeer Joe Glazer.".

"In a career that has taken him all over the world to sing, write, and collect songs about the common human condition of working, Glazer has seen songs about the battle for the eight hour day give way to songs about automation and cheap imports, with a constant refrain of union busters, scabs, solidarity, plant safety, and retirement benefits. Seventy of these songs are included in the book.

An enthusiastic recruiter and promoter of new talent, Glazer has also drawn a number of new labor balladeers into the limelight, some of whom he profiles here."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes discography (p. [285]-294) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Textile North; title: Textile South; title: The United Rubber Workers; title: The United Automobile Workers; title: The AFL-CIO; title: Coal; title: Politics; title: Campaigning in presidential elections; title: Working for the Foreign Service; title: Living and working in Mexico; title: Labor advisor to the U.S. Information Agency; title: Singing overseas; title: New voices, part 1; title: New voices, part 2; title: Wrapping up.