Johnny Cash – The Ongoing History of Protest Music

Protest Music Hall of Fame: Redemption Song – Bob Marley and the Wailers

Photo Credit: Eddie Mallin "Emancipate yourselves from mental slaveryNone but ourselves can free our mindsHave no fear for atomic energy'Cause none of them can stop the timeHow long shall they…

CJ Baker March 21, 2025

Songs Lists

10 Protest Songs of Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash (February 26, 1932-September 12, 2003) Promotional Photo for Sun Records Many of my fondest memories in life are connected to attending concerts. A couple of the shows that…

CJ Baker March 21, 2025

Protest Music Hall of Fame

Protest Music Hall of Fame: Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison – Johnny Cash

In 1955, Johnny Cash released the single "Folsom Prison Blues," a tune that resonated with inmates, many of whom wrote him letters requesting that he perform at their prison. The…

CJ Baker March 13, 2025

Protest Music Hall of Fame

2023 Protest Music Hall of Fame Inductees

Crass, from the artist's Bandcamp The final results are in and we now have the list of inductees for the 2023 Protest Music Hall of Fame. Admittedly Hall of Fame…

CJ Baker January 1, 2024

Podcast

An Epic Soundtrack To An Mundane Existence Chapter 4: Up Front There Ought ‘a Be a Man in Black

I recently started a podcast based on a novel I wrote. The podcast episodes feature music discussed in the chapters. This episode also features a top list of protest songs.…

CJ Baker July 6, 2022

Podcast

New Podcast: An Epic Soundtrack To A Mundane Existence

I recently started a weekly podcast based on a novel that I wrote. The novel is music-centric, and the podcast features the tunes discussed in the chapter. The podcast and…

CJ Baker June 12, 2022

80 Years of Protest Songs Songs Lists

80 Years of Protest Songs Part 2: 1959-1978

80 Years of Protest Songs Part 1: 1939-1958 80 Years of Protest Songs Part 3: 1979-1998 80 Years of Protest Songs Part 4: 1999-2018 The 1960s ushered in what is…

CJ Baker September 19, 2018

Daily Dose of Protest

Daily Dose of Protest: The Walking Wounded – Rosanne Cash

When Johnny Cash sadly passed away on September 12, 2003, he left a vault load of unpublished poems, lyrics, letters and other writings. Many of these were published in book…

CJ Baker April 8, 2018

Daily Dose of Protest

Daily Dose of Protest: 25 Minutes to Go – Johnny Cash

Photo Credit: Joel Baldwin, Look Magazine On January 13th, 1968, Johnny Cash played a concert at Folsom Prison, a maximum-security penitentiary in California. This performance was recorded and released as…

CJ Baker January 13, 2018