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The Folk Singers and the Bureau: The FBI, the Folk Artists and the Suppression of the Communist Party USA, 1939-1956
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MY dad played music a lot when I was a young child. He would come home from work and put an album on his record player, change out of his uniform and drink a beer while he listened.
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On the weekends when my mom was out shopping, he would play Hank Williams, Johnny Cash or some other country and western artist.
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