Love song to Jon Stewart + anti-war songs by late-blooming amateur flower child, with guitars. Music to make you laugh, think, cry.

4 MP3 Songs
FOLK: Political, FOLK: Modern Folk



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Creakin' Kickbacks

How many times has Jon Stewart helped get you through the night? Now imagine your mother needing her dose of this man too. Yes, it happens. When reality is too depressing for words, along comes The Daily Show to skewer the latest village idiot and restore our faith in the power of intellect mixed with humor. Nobody does it better than Jon Stewart. In these dark days, nobody else in television does more to insist that we deserve better government, more accountabilityâeven basic truth and justice.

If he can do it on TV, why not in the White House? Thatâs the question the Creakinâ Kickbacks ask in their love song to Jon Stewart, a song that may worm its way inside your brain. And hereâs the deal: this song (and this cd) sound like your mother singingâbecause it is. This is NOT a professional, fulltime band; itâs your mother (with some friends who just happen to be professional, awesome musicians, backing her up.) Theyâre not ready for UTube, but theyâre mad as hell and ready for prime-time on CDBabyâAND THEYâRE TRYING TO RAISE MONEY FOR A GOOD CAUSE.

A little humor, a lot of anger, and hard questionsâthatâs what the Creakinâ Kickbacks are all about. There is nothing funny about war, nothing funny about sacrificing sons and daughters to the greed and complicity of power-hungry, shameless politicians feeding their own demented egos. Youâll find only FOUR SONGS on this cd, but theyâre in-your-face-do-something-now songs.

The one youâve been hearing about, DEAR JON, has its own kickerâso watch for it. (Just because West Wing was cancelled doesnât mean your mother doesnât miss it every week.) FREE SPEECH expresses the frustration and disgust we feel when we realize the depth of our problems and our hopelessness in trying to solve them. NO MORE GOODBYES puts Congress on notice that we expect more from our leaders; although the balance of power shifted slightly in the last election, we donât trust politicians anymoreânot until they deserve our trust. And TRAGEDY demands that we ask ourselves why war even exists? Surely there must be a better way.
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With music that makes you laugh, think, and cry, the Creakinâ Kickbacks invite you to sing along as we hope for better days. Based in Portland, Oregon, with roots in North Carolina and Washington, DC, they perform rarely but work behind the scenes for peace and positive change. Their self-titled album is their first and only cd; they wish these songs would become obsolete and totally unnecessary.

The Creakinâ Kickbacks are donating funds raised from the sale of this cd to the Oregon Chapter of Military Families Speak Out, a national organization of people who have relatives or loved ones in the military and are opposed to the continued occupation of Iraq. Many of their sons and daughters fought and died there; they feel the best way to honor their memory is to find the courage to end this war and bring our troops home safely. Thank you for your interest and your help.