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Crosby and Nash Perform at Zuccotti Park in Support of Occupy
The visit to Zuccotti Park and impromptu acoustic guitar set by the legendary musical activists David Crosby and Graham Nash has generated a lot of buzz in the last 48 hours. Washington Post has a great article about it and music and Occupy here, and several more videos came out from their "concert" at Zuccotti Park.
David Crosby and Graham Nash Discuss Occupy and Perform on Countdown
NOV 9, 2011 - Activist musicians David Crosby, who visited Zuccotti Park recently, and Graham Nash discuss what they think about Occupy Wall Street and the movement on Countdown with Keith Olbermann and perform an original song a cappella.
NewsTimes: Joan Baez Inspired By Occupy Movement
NOV 9, 2011 - In a recent interview with NewsTimes, musician activist Joan Baez said she and her crew who are in Connecticut for a show were inspired by the Occupy movement adding, "I've been thinking about what is a good song to start with, But I'm not sure what that song will be." She also said she wants to visit Occupy Wall Street at Zuccotti Park but added, "I don't want to go in toting my guitar. This has a very different tone. I am going to want to talk to the people." Watch her sing "Finlandia" below in a clip from Michael Moore's "Slacker Uprising".
David Crosby Visits Zuccotti Park in Support of Occupy
Photo Credit: Marcus Santos - NY Daily News
NOV 5, 2011 - David Crosby, a musical activist for over 50 years, briefly visited Occupy Wall Street at Zuccotti Park yesterday. Perhaps like the song of his longtime bandmate Stephen Stills he was thinking, "Stop, Hey, what's that sound? Everybody look what's going down!", and he wanted to see what was going down at Zuccotti Park with his own eyes. It looked like a show of support, and the word on the street says he hovered around the edge of the park near the drummers before venturing in and talking several of the peaceful Occupy activists. Check out some more pictures here, and watch him below playing with his bandmates Stills and Nash performing the Buffalo Springfield classic, "For What It's Worth".
Occupy DC HD Music Video – David Rovics “When the Dictator Ran Away”
OCT 28, 2011 - JTMP was at Occupy DC recently, and we got to catch a great activist musician known as David Rovics performing in Freedom Plaza. David is currently touring many Occupy cities and performing, and is a very active participant in the Occupy movement and music activism. Here is his song, "When the Dictator Ran Away" below in HD:
