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PostPosted: Thu Dec 09, 1999 7:09 pm
  

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Here you will find stuff relating to Woody Guthrie!


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PostPosted: Tue Dec 21, 1999 6:19 pm
  

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Article from the L.A. Times (12/20/99) about the past century. The author's mother, age 99, recently passed away. He tells the story of her life and touches on her connections with Woody Guthrie. She was born in Okemah, OK and was a neighbor of Woody's before moving to California.
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/capjour/19991220/t000115933.html

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"She grew up in tiny Okemah, across a back alley from future
folk singer Woody Guthrie. One of my favorite letters from mom
was written after the Okemah City Council refused to name the
town library in Woody's memory, contending he'd been a
Communist. That's the sort of "backward, bigoted" thinking that
had caused her to leave the South and drive to California in 1926,
she angrily wrote."
...
"Mom's old neighbor, Woody Guthrie, might sing about her:
"So long, it's been good to know ya." The same could be said for
the century."


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PostPosted: Tue Dec 28, 1999 6:39 pm
  

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http://www.memphisflyer.com/backissues/issue557/musrv557.htm
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The impact of Woodrow Wilson Guthrie on what we call "folk" music in its myriad
forms is impossible to overemphasize. From Pete Seeger to Bob Dylan, from Bruce
Springsteen to Lucinda Williams, from Townes Van Zandt to Wilco -- these and
countless other singer/songwriters have been influenced by Woody Guthrie.

Guthrie's importance lies in how he assimilated existing folk music styles into his own original voice. He borrowed forms, patterns, and melodies freely from blues and "true folk" music (to a folklorist, "true folk" music arises from unknown sources, often within a specific group of people but never from a specific composer). Taking these forms and adding his own twists, he funneled them through his brilliant sense of melody, lyricism, simplicity, and wit. As a true populist and strong advocate of labor unions, his songs often stressed the rights of the so-called little man over those of corporate entities. Most importantly, he had hundreds of stories to tell, and told those stories in his songs. By voicing political and social concerns, assimilating folk and blues patterns, and speaking with an original voice, Guthrie gave birth to the genre known as "folk music."
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"The Asch Recordings collects four discs' worth of material Guthrie recorded for Moses Asch's Folkways Records between the years 1940 and 1952. This represents the bulk of Guthrie's work. It's not merely a collection of songs, either. Rather, Guthrie's material stands as no less than the sacred texts of the American folk revival movement. While most of this has been previously released, this set gathers it together for the first time, and includes comprehensive liner notes from Guthrie scholars and Smithsonian archivists. The remastered sound quality is markedly better than earlier versions, making this the definitive Woody Guthrie collection."

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 04, 2000 5:12 pm
  

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"But Oklahoma hasn't just influenced country music. Since the early 1900s, there have been Oklahomans in every music genre.
1. Woody Guthrie -- Nearly every grade school child is taught "This Land is Your Land," and a man from Okemah wrote it, plus thousands of other songs. During his long career, Guthrie told the plight of the common man, the little man, the forgotten man, and he did it in such a way that his music is famous worldwide.
Guthrie's simple songs about simple folks in complicated times swept across the country during the Great Depression. Even today, everyone from Bob Dylan to Billy Bragg confess that Guthrie has had a major impact on their music.
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from http://www.twec.com/
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 05, 2000 12:55 pm
  

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NPR's list of the 100 most important American musical works of the century includes "This Land Is Your Land":
http://www.bergen.com/yourtime/nprcent200001056.htm

"This Land Is Your Land" was featured on NPR's "All Things Considered" show on the first Monday of the New Year.

Love this list. Many of my favorites made the final cut.

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 08, 2000 2:36 am
  

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They found Arlo's daddys guitar in Wash state & it's for sale. Personally, I think they should give it to Arlo. If I were a millionaire I'd buy it & give it to him!

Here's the site: http://elegantglass.com/guitar/wgguitar.html


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PostPosted: Tue Jan 11, 2000 3:22 pm
  

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Woody Guthrie
The Asch Recordings Vols. 1-4
Smithsonian Folkways
Listen to selections in Real Audio: http://www.si.edu/folkways/40112.htm

Wednesday, Feb. 23
LOS ANGELES - 42nd annual Grammy Awards presented. At Staples Center. Hosted by ROSIE O'DONNELL.
ELTON JOHN to receive Legend Award. Singers HARRY BELAFONTE, WILLIE NELSON, WOODY GUTHRIE and JOHN LEE HOOKER to receive lifetime achievement awards. Performers to include SANTANA, BACKSTREET BOYS, TLC and RICKY MARTIN (Nominees announced Jan. 4).


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PostPosted: Fri Jan 14, 2000 5:14 pm
  

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New stuff posted here: http://www.woodyguthrie.com/

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 31, 2000 5:43 pm
  

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http://www.mcny.org/set2.htm
The "This Land..." exhibit is now found in the current exhibits area of the museum web site instead of the future exhibits. Click on the title "This Land..." in the current exhibits listings for the full press release. The following is just a segment of the full press release:

This Land is Your Land: The Life and Legacy of Woody Guthrie
February 05, 2000-April 23, 2000
The term "folk singer" was not commonly used when Woody Guthrie embarked on his artistic journey. He called himself a ballad singer — one whose songs tell stories — yet something in his music made others refer to him as a folk singer, a name that embodies a social idea as much as a term for his music. Guthrie began his music career in California, singing songs as a Depression era Dust Bowl refugee. Woody sang to migrant farm workers and at union rallies. His empathy for the common man infused his music with purpose and sparked a
life-long dedication to social activism. Guthrie's wanderings from Los Angeles to New York City, where he finally settled, made him a natural traveling folklorist, collecting cowboy songs, mountain ballads, religious music, blues, and work chants. He then blended these styles into more than 1,000 original songs. His prodigious career spanned less than 20 years. During that time, he wrote numerous songs and poems, two novels, and hundreds of letters, essays, and newspaper columns. He drew and painted prolifically and recorded hundreds of songs, both traditional tunes and his own compositions. He sang about love, war, natural disasters, unionism, fascism, and children. Literary critics have called him the Walt Whitman of the 20th century—others say he was the working man's James Joyce. Woody Guthrie's "ballads" still echo in the music of Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Bragg, and many of today's emerging songwriters. As folk artist and diarist, his voluminous drawings and autobiographical musings illustrate the world as he saw it.

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 31, 2000 5:58 pm
  

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http://www.mcny.org/set4.htm
go to the February and March listings for info on events related to the Guthrie exhibit

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 01, 2000 1:46 am
  

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I noticed on the site of the Woody Exhibit that Arlo is doing a gig pertaining to it there on Feb 3. & Tix are only $5! I think it's odd that RSR didn't give Dave that gig. Talk about last minute news for New Yorkers! Image I think those folks would appreciate more advance notice. If you live within driving distance of NYC! GO! Image To see Arlo for only $5 is the best deal I've seen in years! If I lived close enough to go I would.

I'll give RSR a D+ for effort. LOL! I bet Arlo doens't even know where he is right now! Image Image


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http://www.anidifranco.org/articles/rr15.txt
"As if that weren't enough, we're already hard at work preparing for the long-awaited May 2000 release of 'TIL WE OUTNUMBER 'EM, a live album produced by Ani and featuring Bruce Springsteen, Indigo Girls, Billy Bragg, Ani
herself, and lotsa other fine folks playing the songs of Woody Guthrie during a 1996 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame & Museum tribute concert, along with Woody's words read by Tim Robbins and Arlo G. With so many artists involved, it's taken us a while to get this one released, but it's gonna be worth the wait.
All the profits from the disc will benefit the Woody Guthrie Archives and the R&RHF&M educational foundation."

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 03, 2000 7:23 pm
  

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http://www.mcny.org/set4.htm
More events related to the Guthrie exhibit have been added for March and April.
Check the calendar.

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2000 1:59 pm
  

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http://www.nytimes.com/00/01/30/artleisure/gutherie-art.html
New York Times article about Woody Guthrie and the museum exhibit.


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http://www.nydailynews.com/2000-02-03/New_York_Now/Music/a-55530.asp
New York Daily News article about Woody Guthrie and the museum exhibit.

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