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woodie guthrie’s inFluence on modern music
Woodie Guthrie, best known for his iconic song Do Re Mi - performed by Ry Cooder
“This Land Is Your Land,” has had as profound an Follow this link.... https://youtu.be/vLTFk6CTAEs
influence as any musician in US, and perhaps in
world history. Pretty Boy Floyd - performed by The Byrds
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Born on July 14, 1912, in Okemah, Oklahoma,
Guthrie composed some of the most powerful Hard Travelin’ - performed by Bob Dylan
protest songs ever written and became a decisive Follow this link.... https://youtu.be/lUw1c_0RLW8
influence on innumerable musicians, most famously
Bob Dylan, but many more too. Goin’ Down the Road Feelin’ Bad - performed by the
Grateful Dead
The “People’s Bard” is rightly remembered as a Follow this link.... https://youtu.be/KSRs2DRkYgM
transformative musician and song writer whose
political activism and consistent advocacy for civil The Ludlow Massacre - performed by Christy Moore
rights, racial justice, and economic equality, Follow this link.... https://youtu.be/cA77x1oeafo
especially at the height of McCarthyism, inspired
many others to stand tall and fight back. He scrawled Woody wrote the lyrics to this song and many years
“This Machine Kills Fascists” on his guitar, and he later, Jeff Tweedy added the music as part of Wilco’s
meant it. This moment we’re in isn’t a bad time to Mermaid Avenue collaboration with Billy Bragg.
reclaim Guthrie’s legacy for a new generation follow this link.... https://youtu.be/MnbP34rQwQA
pushing hard on many of the same issues he spent
his life championing. “This Machine Kills Fascists” inspired so many
subsequent artists.
The following videos, all covers, give some sense of
both the breadth of Guthrie’s work and the depth of Soon after moving into a small fourth-floor walk-up
his influence. apartment in Manhattan, Guthrie wrote the war song
“Talking Hitler’s Head Off Blues”. This was printed in
Bound for Glory - performed by Tom Morello, the Daily Worker newspaper: then “In a fit of
Graham Nash, Nora Guthrie, Jack Elliott, Jackson patriotism and faith in the impact of the song, he
Browne, and friends painted on his guitar THIS MACHINE KILLS
Follow this link.... https://youtu.be/DGxZH9fQH_g FASCISTS.
Plane Wreck/Deportees - performed by Joan Baez Woodrow Wilson Guthrie (July 14, 1912 – October
Follow this link.... https://youtu.be/4jWFPLjYEaw 3, 1967) was an American singer-songwriter, one of
the most significant figures in American Western
Pastures of Plenty - performed by Odetta folk music; his music, including songs, have inspired
Follow this link.... https://youtu.be/5vfqgXnzd0k several generations both politically and musically.He
wrote many hundreds of country, folk, and children’s
This Land is Your Land - performed by Bruce songs, along with ballads and improvised works. His
Springsteen album of songs about the Dust Bowl period, Dust
Follow this link.... https://youtu.be/1yuc4BI5NWU Bowl Ballads, is included on Mojo magazine’s list of
100 Records That Changed The World. Many of his
Union Maid - performed by Billy Bragg & Dar recorded songs are archived in the Library of
Wlliams Congress..
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