Deportee

Before Baez sang Woody Guthrie's protest song "Deportee" - also called "Plane Wreck at Los

Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2010

And the haunting "Deportee," performed by Perkins, Cory and the cast remains as timely today as when it was first written.

The Union Democrat, Sonora, CA News, Sports, & Weather 2009

Here's a video of Arlo Guthrie and Emmylou Harris singing Woody Guthrie's poignant "Deportee":

Steve Anderson: Right-wing hypocrisy: Illegal immigration 2008

"Deportee" (written by Woody Guthrie) - Joan Baez and Bob Dylan, 1975

RVABlogs 2008

She played to her faithful followers by covering Woody Guthrie's brutal ballad about the death of migrant workers, "Plane Wreck at Los Gatos (Deportee)," as well as "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" by her mentor with benefits, Bob Dylan.

In concert: Joan Baez and Steve Earle at The Music Center at Strathmore Click Track 2010

Deportee claims security staff held him down until he 'could not breathe'

Activists plan Scotland Yard blockade to expose spies who used sexual tactics 2011

And, Deportee is not a song that is always in their Carnegie Hall reportoire.

Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger and families at Carnegie Hall 2008

Though, all evening, even when they sang Deportee, no one named Marcelo Lucero (except for myself, far away in my red velvet box, spelling his name over and over again in sign language as the music washed over the audience.)

Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger and families at Carnegie Hall 2008

Though, Deportee does speak exactly to the recent tragedy of immigrant-haters murdering Marcel Lucero in the streets of Patchogue Long Island.

Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger and families at Carnegie Hall 2008

“Looking” was in several postings, “old movie” was in the Muppet Treasure Island review, I had posted a photo of baboons at the Brookfield Zoo, and the review of Curtis and Loretta CDs mentioned the song “Deportee: Plane Wreck at Los Gatos.”

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