Jordan Page is a rising star in the folk music scene; making political statements through his music in the tradition of greats like Folk Singer Jordan Page To Appear In Tucson Page is now bringing his anti-interventionist, freedom-based music stylings to southern Arizona.
Often described as a loud voice for the libertarian community, Page’s original music focuses on various movements that have recently emerged across the country. The song writer began crafting his political verses around the time of the Bush administration in 2006, and was active during both of Ron Paul’s campaigns in 2008 and 2012.
While the description of Page as “quite the libertarian” has some validity, it falls far short of describing his art and beliefs, says southern Arizona event coordinator Jason Tillmann.
“He’s just like any folk artist we heard about in the Civil Rights era where he just sings about his political philosophy and things that he knows,” Tillmann explained as he continues to prepare for both of Page’s events coming up in the next week. “One of his more popular songs is Liberty and it is just about preserving liberty. He has an anti-interventionism song as well, and the best way to describe it – it is the way he describes it. He is going through different things and inspired by different things and now he is inspired to write music about it. Each song signifies his political journey as far as he deals with politics in the state of our country.”
Two more songs of Page’s have had high success with different groups in the past year or so. One of those songs is titled “Arm Yourself”. The song reads as a kind of 2nd Amendment anthem, and has become a great rallying cry and song for those in the Oathkeepers group. The other song was a ballad in honor of the late Lavoy Finicum who was shot and killed by authorities in Oregon earlier this year. Page went to an event in Oregon and played the song, titled “The Ballad of Lavoy Finicum (Cowboy Stands for Freedom)”, at a fundraiser and was joined by the family of the late rancher. The song is also planned to be used at the Lavoy Finicum protest coming up on the fourth of March at the Federal Building in Oregon as well.
Page is set to perform on March 8th, at the 420 Social Club at 7:00 p.m. and earlier in the day at the Tucson Bravo Base near Santa Rita Park to benefit Veterans On Patrol at 1:00 p.m. Veterans on Patrol is an organization that started in Phoenix that has since spread out to Tucson, Sierra Vista and elsewhere, offering assistance to homeless veterans as well as others who suffer on the streets in Arizona. The group sets up camps on empty lots on loan from business owners. These camps not only provide shelter, but they provide aplace to secure mental health and employment services.
Page has a history of helping out those without.
Tillmann remembers a Page appearance in Texas that was filmed and posted on Youtube. In the video, Page is seen joining dozens of other protestors in feeding and helping homeless people by giving them food with a gun strapped to his back. When asked if he knew he was breaking the law in the tent city underneath a bridge in Dallas, Page responded that yes he was aware. He also stated that “an unjust law is no law at all.”
Page is part of the newest generation of musical voices that speak out against a system they see as tyrannical, and actively crippling the human spirit of those with whom he shares his views. Listening to a few of his songs, I found that while I may not agree with all of his political statements, his music does make it clear where he stands. Bob Dylan, a man about whom Page even wrote a song, was one of the greatest examples of a single voice trying to unite using song. Perhaps Page is this generation’s version.