{"id":7798,"date":"2016-09-05T00:14:07","date_gmt":"2016-09-05T07:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/?p=7798"},"modified":"2016-09-05T08:08:13","modified_gmt":"2016-09-05T15:08:13","slug":"labor-day-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2016\/09\/labor-day-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Labor Day 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the United States this is Labor Day, since 1894 a national holiday that celebrates working peoples\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 contributions to the nation. Although the calendar says that summer doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7799\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/images.jpeg\" alt=\"images\" width=\"225\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/images.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/images-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/images-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/images-200x200.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>end until September 22 this year, many Americans and our close neighbors in Canada consider that Labor Day, or Labour Day, marks the close of the season. This three-day weekend, they pile into their automobiles. Now that regular gasoline averages around $2.20 per gallon, motor trips are considerably less of a pain in the wallet than they were as recently as 2012, when gasoline hovered well above four dollars. Americans range through the land to camp out, have picnics, visit lakes and ocean beaches, get sunburned and watch fireworks. This being an election year, some in search of enlightenment or entertainment go to rallies and listen to candidates. It is also a day when many working people go to work because the stores that employ them have huge Labor Day sales. The irony.<\/p>\n<p>There is no official song for this holiday, although Pete Seeger\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Solidarity Forever,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Tennessee Ernie Ford\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Sixteen Tons\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and Dolly Parton\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u01539 To 5\u00e2\u20ac\u009d always get Labor Day airplay. From 1962\u00e2\u20ac\u201dwhen the average price of a gallon of regular gas was 31 cents\u00e2\u20ac\u201dhere is the unofficial <em>Rifftides<\/em> Labor Day song. Cannonball Adderley introduces it. His sextet has Nat Adderley, Joe Zawinul, Yusef Lateef, Louis Hayes and Sam Jones.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VBxAC4ywaJ4?rel=0\" width=\"440\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Happy Labor Day. Try not to get sunburned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the United States this is Labor Day, since 1894 a national holiday that celebrates working peoples\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 contributions to the nation. Although the calendar says that summer doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t end until September 22 this year, many Americans and our close neighbors in Canada consider that Labor Day, or Labour Day, marks the close of the season. 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