Charlie Chin in Concert CD (1979) George Nakashima a contemporary Japanese American drum

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Charlie Chin in Concert CD (1979) George Nakashima a contemporary Japanese American drumFolk singer and musician Charlie Chin was a political activist in the early days of the Asian American Movement in the early 70s. The native New Yorker joined the Movement and formed one of the first ever Asian American folk music groups, Yellow Pearl, with Chris Iijima and Nobuko Miyamoto. This CD is from a concert recorded on June 2, 1979, at the Chinese Cultural Center in San Francisco, CA. It features sixteen songs written and performed by Chin