ss other tunes moved to a more mellow, urban
             folk-feel like the famous "Blowin' in the Wind", which showed his apparent disgust for
             the world he believed the earlier generation had left for him.
             Other folk soloists were popularized by their own musical interpretations of the
             trivial events of the time. Richie Haven's, "Handsome Johnny", illustrated how Vietnam
             was unlike any other war America had faced. Haven's success came suddenly and when
             he was interviewed and asked about how he liked being in showbusiness, he replied, "I'm
             not in showbusiness and never was. I am in the communications business."
             Communications was an honestly modest description of the impact these artists had,
             writing and performing their songs to convey the messages of the rising counterculture.
             Peter Seeger's "We Shall Overcome" became the anthem for the civil rights movement,
             and folk queen, Joan Baez, made an unforgettable impact on society when she refused to
             pay the portion of her income tax which she had calculated went to support the war effort.
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