I just love these lyrics...a wonderful chorus Mason Proffit were the voice of change and had that great freak anthem...TWO HANGMEN...
Hear the Voice of Change, hear the winds of movin' on... Hear the Song of not the same thing, hey...
Hey, you there in the tie, let me Bend your ear if that's okay.. You've been sitting there staring at the Ground for almost three days, Ain't sure what I'll say, but I'm thinkin' About the people givin' orders...
CHORUS:
Hear the Voice of Change, hear the winds of movin' on... Hear the song of not the same thing, Hey...
[ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/m/mason_proffit/voice_of_change.html ] Hey, Business Man, you're turnin' t' give me a sideways Glance every now and then, But now your kind is in the papers, You've got To think now friend, How does that grab your signed-up majority, Are you Worried about the people giving orders?
CHORUS: Hear the Voice of Change, hear the winds of movin' on... Hear the song of not the same thing, Hey...
Hey friend, you don't have to be silent anymore, Things do Affect you you know, things like pollution, tax and wars -
How would you Like to have your healthy kid die of suffocation On the Streets?
You'd better talk to people giving Orders...
(Yeah...)
CHORUS: Hear the Voice of Change, hear The winds of movin' on... Hear the song of not the same thing, Hey...
Mason Proffit was a folk rock band from Chicago, Illinois that released five albums between 1969 and 1973.
Brothers Terry Talbot and John Michael Talbot played together in several local bands around Indianapolis, Indiana and later in Chicago. After their group Sounds Unlimited disbanded, in 1969 they formed Mason Proffit with a focus on the emerging blend of folk, country and rock that would come to be called country rock.[3] Older brother Terry's "Two Hangmen" from their first album Wanted... Mason Proffit, became a regional hit and helped their second album, Movin' Toward Happiness, chart on the Billboard 200.
In 1972, the band signed to Warner Bros. Records and continued touring, performing up to 300 concerts each year. Some of Mason Proffit's opening acts during that time included The Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan, John Denver, and Mac Davis. (...they were one of the best live acts around..a friend saw them and said they were amazing! -lk)
Their country-rock-bluegrass style was innovative yet difficult to place in a marketing genre. Their live shows were high energy. And once, while jamming with The Scruggs Review, John Hartford and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Earl Scruggs called John Talbot "the best banjo player I've ever heard." Warner Bros. re-released their two first two albums as a compilation called Come And Gone plus two more discs, Rockfish Crossing and Bareback Rider. Mason Proffit disbanded when brothers John and Terry Talbot left the band and began performing as a duo. Warners then released The Talbot Bros., the first of three duo albums with the remaining two released on Sparrow Records. Sparrow eventually re-issued the first Talbot Bros. album, minus the track "Moline Truckin."
After the break-up, the Talbot brothers began to record contemporary Christian music on Sparrow Records, earning themselves a Grammy Award nomination and several Dove Award nominations. The Talbot brothers opened for The Eagles on a national tour.
1969 Wanted Happy Tiger 1009 1971 Movin' Toward Happiness 177 1019 Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream 186 Ampex A-10138 1972 Rockfish Crossing 211 Warner Bros. BS-2657 1973 Bare Back Rider 198 BS-2704 1974 Come And Gone * 203 2S-2746 2005 Still Hangin'
