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The Toast / 1917

The Toast / 1917
2016
The Toast / 1917

A Pub, the great war, a soldiers rambling commentary, A toast to the wind...
A Toast to the wind a toast to the moon
(Continues)
Contributed by Dq82 2024/1/13 - 11:59
Song Itineraries: World War I (1914-1918)
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The Fool (for Victor Jara)

The Fool (for Victor Jara)
2018
The Fool

This song is dedicated to the life and work of Victor Jara and to all those countless others lost to Pinochet.

Víctor Lidio Jara Martínez was a Chilean teacher, theater director, poet, singer-songwriter, political activist and the voice of his country's dispossessed.
On September 11, 1973, Chilean troops under the command of General Augusto Pinochet mounted a coup against the Allende government. Among many others Jara was seized and taken to the Estadio Chile, a large sports stadium. There he was held for four days, deprived of food and sleep. He was tortured, and his hands were broken by soldiers who told him to try to keep on playing the guitar with his damaged hands. But Jara continued to sing "Venceremos" and began writing a new song describing the carnage going on in the stadium, as many of those imprisoned were killed; the words of the new song were smuggled out by a prisoner who survived. On September 15, Jara was taken to a deserted area and shot
He was 41 years old.
The fool said, I sing to the forests
(Continues)
Contributed by Dq82 2020/3/25 - 16:17
Song Itineraries: Víctor Jara




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