“Mississippi Missive, A Ballad about the Free State of Jones” is now available from Amazon, iTunes and many other digital download sites. Here’s the lyrics and liner note text: Mississippi Missive, A Ballad About the Free State of Jones County lyrics by Edward Voci, copyright 1996 Jones County voted ‘gainst a rich man’s war Kind […]
Archives for June 2016
20 Years in the Making
Received the following letter from my old friend and comrade, Ed Voci: “’Mississippi Missive, A Ballad About the Free State of Jones’” has occupied me off and on for 20 years. The song will be available very soon from Amazon, iTunes, eMusic and other on-line music vendors as well as from Woodstock Records. Play it LOUD! […]
Forever champ
I was working at US Steel in Gary when the so-called authorities had the arrogance to think they could take away Muhammad Ali’s title. One of my co-workers, a young white fellow with long hair, said, “He’ll always be the champ. He whipped the U.S. government.”