Crucial Track for October 16, 2026

"Eddy Went to Spain" by Kate Jacobs Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. What's a song you discovered in an unusual way? Eddy Went to Spain by Kate Jacobs A couple of years before his death, Senator John McCain wrote an admiring obituary for an American communist who fought for the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War. This sent me down a rabbit hole and one of the things I discovered was this song about the great-uncle of this songwriter, who also left the US to fight fascism. View Lou Plummer's Crucial Tracks profile