Quoting from the book by Ronald D. Cohen and Dave Samuelson which accompanies the ten CD set "Songs for Political Action", in discussing the People's Songs organization in Chicago, "Curiously, the most popular song to emerge from Chicago didn't come from the downtown office, but from the city's southside Hyde Park neighborhood. Dick Blakeslee became interested in folk music while attending the University of Chicago.
According to a book by Ronald D. Cohen and Dave Samuelson, which accompanies the ten CD set "Songs for Political Action", the most popular song originating from Chicago wasn't produced by the downtown office but instead emerged from Hyde Park, a neighborhood in the southside of the city. Dick Blakeslee became interested in folk music while studying at the University of Chicago.