Meet (or catch up with) the Chad Mitchell Trio
Posted on | 22 March 2009 | Comments Off
The John Birch Society Song premiered on the Chad Mitchell Trios’ 1962 album “Live at the Bitter End”. The song takes on the anti-Communist fervor of the post-McCarthy era, as epitomized by the John Birch Society. This was after the Cuban Missile Crises, when some were looking under the beds of America for dirty, rotten commies.
John Birch Society Song
This was a very jingoistic time, where thinking for yourself and publicly stating unpopular ideas was frowned upon. Of course, it soon would be all shot to hell by the assassination of Pres. John F. Kennedy, followed by the murders of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Sen. Robert Kennedy, and the Vietnam War.
Despite the defrocking and public shame of McCarthy, the ultra right was at its height, though it soon would be dethroned.
Last year, the Chad Mitchell Trio recorded a parody of its own song, as a goodbye (and good riddance) to Boy George Bush and his NeoCON gang (the guys who put the “con” back into conservative). The song serves as Boy George’s legacy and goes out to all those who still defend this nation’s worst ever president.
The George Bush Society
Learn more about the Chad Mitchell Trio and take advantage of re-releases of its past albums at the Chad Mitchell Trio Website.
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