"Test Ban Treaty" was one of many songs that came out of the Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament, the 3,000-mile walk that started in Los Angeles and ended nine months later in Washington, DC. Five hundred people weathered bankruptcy, hypothermia, and daily walks of up to twenty-plus miles to bring a message of nuclear disarmament to a country in the throes of a dangerous nuclear arms race. The song was written one windy night when the authors were slicing watermelon for the next morning's breakfast. The wind knocked the generator out, and Monagan and Davis started singing a gutsy blues tune. A few minutes later, "Test Ban Treaty" was complete. This and Monagan's other songs are available for free at: http://astrangeplacecalledhome.blogspot.com

A Strange Place Called Home: My Walk Across America on the Great Peace March by Laura Monagan
Written in celebration of the 25th... (continuer)