Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Power to the People Festival, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD, 10-3-2026, Part 4 - Tom Morello

Here's the fourth out of ten albums of the October 2026 Power to the People Festival. This one stars Tom Morello.

I don't think any musician had more fun at this festival than Morello. He was its main organizer, and took full advantage of that role. He was all over the place, guesting in the sets by others and having lots of guests in this, his set. For instance, he played guitar for the entire Suns of Soundgarden set I posted already, and he'll show up some more in later sets.

Morello has had a very interesting and unusual music career. He's probably best known as the lead guitarist for Rage Against the Machine. But he's also been part of the successful groups Audioslave and Prophets of Rage, and has had a solo career in a very different folk rock style. He's also done a lot of collaboration with Bruce Springsteen, including occasionally being a member of his touring band in recent years. 

On top of all that, he's a very educated guy, having graduated from Harvard University with a degree in political science, and has become a knowledgeable socialist political activist. His political stances have strongly come through most of his music projects. He's been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for his role in Rage Against the Machine, and Rolling Stone magazine has listed him at the 18th best guitarist of all time.

Here's his Wikipedia entry, if you want to know more:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Morello 

This set was actually billed to "Tom Morello and Friends," because there were special guests on a majority of songs, including some where the guests were the main lead singers. Here's some information about the guests. 
- Grandson performed a set earlier in the festival, which you can find in Part 1. 
- Serj Tankian is the lead singer for the band System of a Down. 
- B-Real is one of the two lead rappers in the band Cypress Hill, which also performer earlier, also in Part 1.
- DMC is Darryl McDaniels, one of the two lead rappers in Run-DMC.
- Chuck D and Flavor Flav are members of the rap group Public Enemy. Their set will appear later in this festival. Also, Morello, B-Real, and Chuck D were all members of the rock rap supergroup Prophets of Rage. 
- Scott Ian is the leader of the thrash metal band Anthrax.
- Sen Dog is also a member of Cypress Hill, as well as lead vocalist for the nu metal band Powerflo.
- Jack Black is a famous actor as well as member of the rock band Tenacious D. He sang for the Black Sabbath tribute band Jack Sabbath in Part 2 of this festival.
- Dave Grohl is lead vocalist for the Foo Fighters. Their set will appear later in this festival. 

The songs here are a mix of songs Morello did for Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, and his solo career. Plus, there are occasional covers, such "Walk This Way" by Aerosmith, "Fight the Power" by Public Enemy, and "Rock and Roll All Nite" by Kiss. 

By the way, for track 7, I couldn't list all the songs in the medley or the song wouldn't play on my computer, due to the folder name plus file name being too long. Here's the full name of that one: "Bombtrack - Know Your Enemy - Bulls on Parade - Guerilla Radio - Sleep Now in the Fire - Bullet in the Head - Cochise." 

This album is an hour long. 

01 Soldier in the Army of Love (Tom Morello)
02 talk (Tom Morello)
03 Date Night (Tom Morello)
04 talk (Tom Morello)
05 Hold the Line (Tom Morello with grandson)
06 talk (Tom Morello)
07 Bombtrack-Know Your Enemy-Bulls on Parade-Guerilla Radio-Cochise [Instrumental] (Tom Morello)
08 talk (Tom Morello)
09 Adjourn It (Tom Morello with Serj Tankian)
11 talk (Tom Morello)
12 Like a Stone (Tom Morello with Serj Tankian)
13 Prophets of Rage (Tom Morello with B‐Real & Chuck D)
14 talk (Tom Morello)
15 It's Tricky (Tom Morello with DMC)
16 talk (Tom Morello)
17 Walk This Way (Tom Morello with Scott Ian, DMC, Chuck D, B-Real, Sen Dog & Jack Black)
18 talk (Tom Morello)
19 Fight the Power (Tom Morello with Flavor Flav, Chuck D, B-Real, Sen Dog & DMC)
20 talk (Tom Morello)
21 Killing in the Name [Instrumental Version] (Tom Morello)
22 Rock and Roll All Nite (Tom Morello with Dave Grohl)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/DHAbq7QF

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/6ndDD74Ig2Xvv1W/file

The cover photo is from this exact concert. 

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