It's not a protest in North Carolina until the banjo comes out. (At Louis DeJoy's mansion)

[octoberlib]

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Link to tweet

It's not a protest in North Carolina until the banjo comes out.

This is a great moment in Greensboro, North Carolina as we protest outside Louis DeJoy's mansion.

#USPSprotest #DemCastNC #SaveTheUSPS




Notice the sign that says "I'm tired". Aren't we all?


Here's the Youtube video with the lyrics featuring Joe Troop thanks to cayugafalls

Special thanks to RuralOrganizing.org

[luvs2sing]

1. Solid picker and good tenor! nt

[SheltieLover]

2. Also has home in DC

And probably other places.

[soldierant]

35. Protesters were in DC also.

[SheltieLover]

36. Yes, they were!

Making noise in early morning to "wake him up."

[malaise]

3. Sweet

Should put it on YouTube

[Amaryllis]

4. THis guy is really good. CAn anyone make out the words?

[madamesilverspurs]

5. The crowd sure approved of the lyrics.

Here's hoping that we get a chance to!


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[octoberlib]

6. The first line was about going out to the mailbox to get his paycheck and it wasn't there.

I'll ask the person who posted it if they can get them.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

8. "I'm waiting by the mailbox. The say a check is coming soon"

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Probably a singer/songwriter modifying a traditional bluegrass song. Possibly a song in the tradition of Woody Guthrie (check out his song - "All You Fascists Bound To Lose&quot or Pete Seeger

I love the sound of the banjo, especially with the mandolin - reminds me of my "picker" son.

EDIT TO ADD: "music and lyrics by Joe Troop". A very talented young man - very talented.

Also edit to correct 1st line of song.

[yardwork]

12. It sure is! It's a bluegrass melody and picking style.

It's in the protest song tradition, but this is bluegrass and this musician knows what he's doing. That's powerful because it will resonate with other bluegrass musicians and fans - and they tend to be more on the conservative side of politics.

[octoberlib]

32. Joe Troop, the singer, is a member of this progressive rural organization

https://ruralorganizing.org/

[Hekate]

34. I love bluegrass -- and this guy is really good

[cayugafalls]

20. His name is Joe Troop.

I posted the YouTube version down thread and it has the lyrics.

[cayugafalls]

22. Lyric video is posted down thread. His name is Joe Troop.

[Delmette2.0]

13. That southern twang (?) I never understand what is said when it is in a song..

Ok, I'm from the northern Rockies and my mother made me enunciate my words. I got teased when. I came home form Oklahoma and threw out a y'all once in a while.

[Delmette2.0]

15. That southern twang (?) I never understand what is said when it is in a song..

Ok, I'm from the northern Rockies and my mother made me enunciate my words. I got teased when. I came home form Oklahoma and threw out a y'all once in a while.

[cayugafalls]

21. Lyric video is posted down thread. His name is Joe Troop.

[octoberlib]

25. Here's the lyrics

[Hekate]

33. Thank you very much-- I always like to see the lyrics

[octoberlib]

40. So do I! Especially if they're protest songs.

[SiliconValley_Dem]

7. very nice

[Monsieur_Grumpe]

9. Pete Seeger would be proud.

[Illumination]

10. Well even thought it's twangy & hard to understand, it's a HIT!

[cayugafalls]

11. That was sweet!

There is hope. I think dump really fucked up this time.

I hope we continue to hammer the right on this message. It touches everyone in the US on a daily basis.

Every time the letter carrier comes by, you are reminded of what is going on. You don't need the media to hammer a message home, it arrives, or not, every day.

[NoRoadUntravelled]

14. You can quickly add your name to protect USPS thanks to Resistbot.

Just text USPS to 50409

You will be asked a couple of questions and then your name will be added to the list of over 1 Million Americans who have already signed. I'm not on Twitter but apparently there's a long list going (you can opt out of having your name appear) that's driving even more signatures.
You can also DM USPS to @resistbot on Twitter or Messenger.

[AmyStrange]

16. Ok, that was funny, and...

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the banjo picker wasn't too bad either.

Yay!
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[robleb]

17. CAREFUL!

Trump will send in his stormtroopers to put down this violence!

[Politicub]

18. Protest art!

Love it!

[cayugafalls]

19. Here is the original version on YouTube with Lyrics by Joe Troop.

"A Plea to the US Government to Fully Fund the Postal Service" - Joe Troop

Edited to add, it looks like that actually might even be Joe Troop.

[octoberlib]

23. Thank you!

[Cetacea]

24. Talented.

That is him and he also plays fiddle.

[cayugafalls]

26. Wow! That is so good.

That is a real earworm and had me tapping my foot and everything!

Thank you for that one!

[Cetacea]

27. Sure. Thanks for tracking down the first video

[BaronChocula]

28. I'd rather be bluegrassed than gaslit! n/t

[calimary]

46. Bluegrassed, NOT teargassed!

[Brother Buzz]

29. Your subject line, alone, deserves a recommendation

Thank you for posting this.

[Hekate]

30. DeJoy is not feeling the joy! This is GREAT!

[LisaL]

31. He shouldn't feel any joy after what he has done.

[pazzyanne]

37. Love bluegrass music and this is very good! nt

[cwydro]

38. rec.

[bobbieinok]

39. Great, great NC banjo Post Office song!

[llmart]

41. +1

So nice to see these sort of protests in NC. Used to live there for about ten years and miss a lot of it, especially the geography of the state.

Took me awhile when I moved up north to stop greeting people with "hey".

[BlancheSplanchnik]

42. Great Scruggs style, or Bluegrass.

Personally, my passion is Old time styles, clawhammer and such. But this kid and the original songwriter are GREAT! Love a good American roots protest song!

[CousinIT]

43. It's @JoeTroopMusic on Twitter - lyrics

[TexasBushwhacker]

44. Good to see most folks are wearing masks n/t

[octoberlib]

45. It's the law in NC. Some folks don't follow it but

most of these people are probably Democrats.

[Joinfortmill]

47. Love this. Share.