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Song Review(s): Margo Price - “Deportee” (with Joan Baez and Memphis Mariachi) and “Oval Room”

Margo Price covers Woody Guthrie and Blaze Foley, and gets an assist from Joan Baez and Memphis Mariachi, in previewing Days of Unrest.

Though they date to the Truman and Reagan administrations, respectively, Guthrie’s “Deportee” and Foley’s “Oval Room” sound as if they could’ve been written for these times despite the latter’s refrain - He’s the president, but I don’t care - which could be mistaken for apathy in an era in which apathy is as dangerous as fascism.

The sandpapery Baez is a smart addition to “Deportee,” as is Memphis Mariachi, who count the song in in Spanish and lend a border-straddling touch to the soundtrack. At 85, Baez’s weathered vocal cords capture the weariness that comes with the continued relevance of Guthrie’s nearly 80-year-old words and provide needed contrast to Price’s sunshiny twang.

Despite, or maybe because of, its playful shuffle, “Oval Room” is less successful. While Reagan was in some ways a funny clown, the person whose name rhymes with Fondled Dump is a scary clown and his antics are no longer funny.

Days of Unrest arrives July 3.

Grade card: Margo Price - “Deportee” (with Joan Baez and Memphis Mariachi) and “Oval Room” - B/C-

6/30/26

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The Byrds - Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) (1969) Woody Guthrie (Lyrics) / Martin Hoffman (Music) from: "Ballad of Easy Rider" (LP)

Protest | Folk-Rock | Mexican Waltz

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Personnel: Roger McGuinn: Lead Vocals / Guitar Clarence White: Lead Guitar / Backing Vocals John York: Bass / Backing Vocals Gene Parsons: Drums / Guitar / Banjo / Backing Vocals

Produced by Terry Melcher

Recorded: @ CBS Columbia Square in Hollywood, California USA on June 19, 1969

Album Released: on November 10, 1969 Columbia Records

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Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportee_(Plane_Wreck_at_Los_Gatos)

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The Only Recording of Woody Guthrie Singing the Protest Song 'Deportee' Has Been Released for the First Time

The singer-songwriter recorded the audio on a reel-to-reel tape machine in his apartment in the 1950s. Now, the previously unheard song has

He recorded this song 70 or so years ago. It was found on a reel-to-reel tape. The deport-the-Mexicans itch that trump and stephen miller are scratching isn't new, just more vicious.

Excerpt from this story from Smithsonian Magazine:

When an aircraft crashed near Coalinga, California, in 1948, all 32 passengers and crew members perished. After the incident, the Fresno Bee, a local newspaper, published the names of some of the passengers, most of whom were farm laborers from Mexico. But the Associated Press’ coverage only named the crew members. In the news agency’s article, the passengers were referred to simply as “28 Mexican deportees,” as Rebecca Plevin reported for LAist in 2013.

The plane had been chartered by the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service. Some of the workers had traveled to the U.S. without documentation, while others had arrived in the country as part of a government-sponsored work program; they were going home because their contracts had ended. None of those nuances were captured by the words “28 Mexican deportees.”

That phrase upset Woody Guthrie, who came across it when the AP story ran in the New York Times. So the activist and musician did what he did best: He commemorated the victims of the plane crash with a song. Now, with the help of artificial intelligence, that iconic song has a new life.

Often called “Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos),” the protest song was later set to melody by Martin Hoffman. It was popularized by Pete Seeger, and it has been recorded by artists such as Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, the Byrds, Lyle Lovett, and Dolly Parton. But the only known audio of Guthrie singing his own song was a long-buried home recording. After being restored with A.I. audio tools, that clip was finally released earliet this month as “Deportee (Woody’s Home Tape).”

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Joan Baez “Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)” Woody Guthrie Tribute—Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA, September 12, 1970.

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nameless

i've heard the woody guthrie song deportee many times over the years

its tone sometimes pensive sometimes poignant but the lyrics always somewhat distant

a story from the past about braceros and migrants who were used often abused and who sometimes died on this foreign soil with barely a notice

but history is repeating itself

exceeding itself here and now deportation widescale wholesale zero tolerance our official policy― new and improved! now with added cruelty!

the border patrol ripping children from parents caging people like animals with less food, water, and shelter than the average American pet

the government vilifying immigrants treating asylum seekers like vermin not like human beings who are just looking for safety security jobs to provide for their loved ones

the same things we all want

today inundated by these horrific stories faced with piercing pictures of the suffering and the fear we've needlessly inflicted

for the first time ever hearing this song made me weep

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Ulises (pseudonym) who was deported for the United States treasures the hat of his grandfather which hangs on the living room of the family's home. Deportations of Salvadorans, mainly from the United States and Mexico, are up in 2017 compared to 2016. / Ulises (seudónimo) quien fue deportado de los Estados Unidos atesora el sombrero de su abuelo, el que cuelga en la sala de la casa d. Las deportaciones de salvadoreños, principalmente de Estados Unidos y México, aumentaron en el 2017 en comparación con 2016. #EverydayElSalvador #refugee #Amnesty #CentralAmerica #Trumplandia #photojournalism #deportee #Immigration #ElSalvador #EverydayLatinAmerica #JuanCarlos #2017copyright

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Joan Baez, “Plane Wreck At Los Gatos (Deportee)” Woody Guthrie Tribute, Hollywood Bowl, CA, September 12, 1970.