Frank Tovey - Tyranny and the Hired Hand (Great Alternative Folk 1989)

In 1989, Fad Gadget changed musical tactics in his criticism of industrialization, recording a mostly acoustic album of protest and labor songs Tyranny and the Hired Hand including such standards as "Sixteen Tons."














Track Listing
31 Depression Blues
Hard Times in the Cotton Mill
John Henry/Let Your Hammer Ring
The Blantyre Explosion
Money Cravin' Folks
All I Got Is Gone
Midwife Song
Sam Hall
Dark as a Dungeon
Men of Good Fortune
Sixteen Tons
North Country Blues
Buffalo Skinners
Black Lung Song
Pastures of Plenty
Joe Hill