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Woodie Guthrie’s Influence

On Modern Music

Woodie Guthrie, best known for his iconic song
“This Land Is Your Land,” has had as profound an
influence as any musician in US, and perhaps in
world history.

Born on July 14, 1912, in Okemah, Oklahoma,
Guthrie composed some of the most powerful
protest songs ever written and became a decisive
influence on innumerable musicians, most famously
Bob Dylan, but many more too.

The “People’s Bard” is rightly remembered as a
transformative musician and song writer whose
political activism and consistent advocacy for civil
rights, racial justice, and economic equality,
especially at the height of McCarthyism, inspired
many others to stand tall and fight back. He scrawled This Land is Your Land - performed by Bruce
“This Machine Kills Fascists” on his guitar, and he Springsteen
meant it. This moment we’re in isn’t a bad time to Follow this link.... https://youtu.be/1yuc4BI5NWU
reclaim Guthrie’s legacy for a new generation
pushing hard on many of the same issues he spent Listen to Woodie’s original version...
his life championing.
Union Maid - performed by Billy Bragg & Dar
The following videos, all covers, give some sense of Wlliams
both the breadth of Guthrie’s work and the depth of Follow this link.... https://youtu.be/wI7ONJ60DIc
his influence.
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Bound for Glory - performed by Tom Morello,
Graham Nash, Nora Guthrie, Jack Elliott, Jackson Do Re Mi - performed by Ry Cooder
Browne, and friends Follow this link.... https://youtu.be/vLTFk6CTAEs
Follow this link.... https://youtu.be/DGxZH9fQH_g
Listen to Woodie’s original version...
Listen to Woodie’s original version....
Pretty Boy Floyd - performed by The Byrds
Plane Wreck/Deportees - performed by Joan Baez Follow this link.... https://www.youtube.com/
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Listen to Woodie’s original version..... Listen to Woodie’s original version...

Pastures of Plenty - performed by Odetta Hard Travelin’ - performed by Bob Dylan
Follow this link.... https://youtu.be/5vfqgXnzd0k Follow this link.... https://youtu.be/lUw1c_0RLW8

Listen to Woodies original version..... Listen to Woodies original version...

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