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    WE ARE MIGHTY is a tribute to the power and resilience of ordinary people in the face of hardship and struggle, and an affirmation of the possibility to turn tragedy into transformation.

    THE MIGHTY BAND:
    Fred Arcoleo - voice, acoustic guitar, charango, slide whistle
    Ritt Henn - upright bass, Sadowsky & Serek electric basses
    Rex Benincasa - drums & percussion
    Shanika Anderson - harmonies

    MIGHTY SPECIAL GUESTS:
    Daniel A. Weiss - Hammond organ on “Upside Down,”
    Estey organ & Una Corda on “In the Dark Times”
    Sneferu Boatwright & Carolyn Tacey - chanting on “Lead the Way, Save the Day”
    Washington Heights Neighbors - clanging pots on “Lead the Way, Save the Day”
    Sage Boatwright - giggling on “GO!”
    The Children of Morningside Park, Harlem - laughing & screaming on “GO!”

    Produced by Fred Arcoleo, RALLY FOLK! Records, NYC
    All songs by Fred Arcoleo/Rally Folk Music, NYC (ASCAP)
    © 2022 all rights shared
    Recorded at Mayday Studios, NYC
    Additional Recording at Mark Dann Recording, BangZoom Records, & The Crypt
    Engineered and mastered by Mark Dann; additional engineering by Rich Lamb
    Graphic Design by Fred Arcoleo
    Photography by Fred Arcoleo except where indicated
    CD Duplication: Oasis Disc Manufacturing


    CD includes full-color booklet with lyrics and complete musician credits


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uplifting acoustic guitar and lead bass

A solidarity song paying tribute to the people who do the work and create all society’s value, and restoring pride—and swing!—to membership in the working class. Dedicated to the Hunts Point strikers in the Bronx.

lyrics

1. THE MIGHTY (3:06)
for my co-workers, and the Hunts Point Strikers

Do you remember? All our adventures?
Over the years, over the centuries
and I mention it because now
in terms of survival
we need to rise from the dead again
we need a revival

We are the first and we are the last
We are the mighty working class
and when you feel the most like hiding
I wish you’d take a look inside yourself

and see:  you have a history
We have our ancestors who made sacrifices
on altars of misery
so we could stand here today and feel this song
and swing to this beat (our music’s so sweet)
Sing along:

We are the first and we are the last
We are the mighty working class
and when you feel the most like hiding
I wish you’d know how good it feels to be fighting 

for what workers need, and we should have no illusions 
that the people in power 
will accept revolution
but that is what we need
and the world’s on our shoulders 
and in turn we are learning from the giants
who came before us 

We are the first and we are the last
We are the mighty working class
and when you feel the most like hiding
I wish you’d know how much is riding
on what we all do
what each of us do…

We are mighty
and we are fighting
We are the workers, we stand united
No more hiding
(We’re singing) Black, brown, and tan
Woman, trans, and man
Young and old
Everyone who can

(We’re singing) Black, brown, and tan
Woman, trans, and man
Young and old
Everyone who can

credits

from WE ARE MIGHTY: Sustenance for the Struggle, released July 1, 2022
voice, acoustic guitar – Fred Arcoleo
Serek electric bass – Ritt Henn
drums, tambourine – Rex Benincasa
harmonies – Shanika Anderson

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FRED ARCOLEO New York, New York

Sober, hard-hitting, and fiercely original, yet cradled in tenderness, FRED ARCOLEO’s award-winning RALLY FOLK! MUSIC invites audiences to confront the difficult truths of the current state of our world with composure, optimism, and determination: “We are the ones we are waiting for.”

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