"John Hardy, Freedom Rider" live

I recently played a show and performed my version of John Hardy from my upcoming album "Simple Songs for Trying Times."
This original is a reworking of the old-time murder ballad "John Hardy." Being tired of murder ballads rewrote it about a civil rights field organizer and freedom rider by the same name. The verses cover his experiences as an organizer and activist, and they allude to the fact that his work while impactful must now be taken up by all of us in order to be completed.
I'm backed up here by my bandmates Same George and Josh Awe.