As a prelude to the performance of "Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man" at the Woodstock Music Festival in 1969, Jeffrey Shurtleff, accompanied by Joan Baez, spoke at length about the draft resistance movement(*see below) in the United States and dedicated the song to the Governor of California, Ronald Reagan (a stout supporter of the Vietnam War) referring to Mr. Reagan as "Ronald Ray-Gun ... Zap!” With his tongue-in-cheek dedication, Shurtleff set the stage for comparisons to follow. The character in the song "don't like resistance I know/And he said it last night on a big TV show./He's got him a medal that he won in the war/Weighs five hundred pounds and it sleeps by the door." Clearly, the conflict that existed was between the government and the people, between the draft resistance movement and the politicians, between the draft resister and Ronald Reagan. (home.comcast.net/~dongillette/contemp.html)
"Hello to all friends of the draft resistance revolution in America. Good evening, I hope it stops raining. One thing about the draft resistance that's different from other movements and revolutions in this country is that we have enemies. It's one of the beautiful about it. To show that our hearts are in the right place, I'll sing a song for the Governor of California, Ronald Ray-Gun...Zap!"
@Toadly : little typo in your citation I'd like to correct :
"One thing about the draft resistance that's different from other movements and revolutions in this country is that we have NO enemies."
@Toadly : little typo in your citation I'd like to correct :
"One thing about the draft resistance that's different from other movements and revolutions in this country is that we have NO enemies."
As a prelude to the performance of "Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man" at the Woodstock Music Festival in 1969, Jeffrey Shurtleff, accompanied by Joan Baez, spoke at length about the draft resistance movement(*see below) in the United States and dedicated the song to the Governor of California, Ronald Reagan (a stout supporter of the Vietnam War) referring to Mr. Reagan as "Ronald Ray-Gun ... Zap!” With his tongue-in-cheek dedication, Shurtleff set the stage for comparisons to follow. The character in the song "don't like resistance I know/And he said it last night on a big TV show./He's got him a medal that he won in the war/Weighs five hundred pounds and it sleeps by the door." Clearly, the conflict that existed was between the government and the people, between the draft resistance movement and the politicians, between the draft resister and Ronald Reagan. (home.comcast.net/~dongillette/contemp.html)
"Hello to all friends of the draft resistance revolution in America. Good evening, I hope it stops raining. One thing about the draft resistance that's different from other movements and revolutions in this country is that we have enemies. It's one of the beautiful about it. To show that our hearts are in the right place, I'll sing a song for the Governor of California, Ronald Ray-Gun...Zap!"
home.comcast.net/~dongillette/contemp.html
@Toadly : little typo in your citation I'd like to correct : "One thing about the draft resistance that's different from other movements and revolutions in this country is that we have NO enemies."
@Toadly : little typo in your citation I'd like to correct : "One thing about the draft resistance that's different from other movements and revolutions in this country is that we have NO enemies."