tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post3674753516500637226..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Jackson Browne to headline Peltier concertRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-26515268268259385872012-12-17T06:14:52.481-08:002012-12-17T06:14:52.481-08:00For more on the subject, see:
http://www.startrib...For more on the subject, see:<br /><br />http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/183720381.html<br /><br /><b>Concert keeps Peltier Pine Ridge case alive</b><br /><br />On Friday, Harry Belafonte and Peter Coyote introduced a lineup of Oglala Sioux Nation tribal leaders, human rights activists and musicians calling on President Obama to free the ailing American Indian prisoner before Christmas. The fundraising concert was held at New York's Beacon Theatre.<br /><br />Imprisoned since 1976 for murdering two FBI officers during a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, Peltier, who is nearing 70, will serve time through 2040 unless the president commutes his sentence. Two codefendants were acquitted.<br /><br />According to Rolling Stone magazine, folk tunes and Native American spirituals stretched over four hours, beginning with several never-performed verses of "Turn! Turn! Turn!" that 93-year-old Pete Seeger said he recently found in a batch of lyrics he'd written 60 years ago: "A time for dirt, a time for soap/A time for hurt, a time for hope," he gently wavered while strumming his acoustic guitar.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-22541940098443271292012-12-14T00:44:26.386-08:002012-12-14T00:44:26.386-08:00Don't forget that it is Kiowa guitarist Jesse ...Don't forget that it is Kiowa guitarist Jesse Ed Davis guitar solo on "Doctor My Eyes" from Jackson Brownes' debut album SATURATE BEFORE USING 1972!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com