236 The Weavers “This Land is Your Land” 1956

“The Weavers were blacklisted; invitations to perform and record dried up, their recordings were removed from stores, and the group disbanded…Then, in 1955, the Weavers' manager, Harold Leventhal, arranged a concert at Carnegie Hall. The show sold out, perceived by many ticket buyers not just as a musical event but as an act of defiance against the overzealousness of anti-Communists” (Bruce Weber, “Ronnie Gilbert,” New York Times, 6/8/15).

The Weavers “This Land is Your Land”