F. 1912 D.
1967
Amerikanske folkesanger,
sangskriver, poet, fagforenings-agitator og humanist. Født
og opvokset i Oklahoma. Autodidakt sanger og musiker. Søn:
Arlo Guthrie.
Sammen med Pete Seeger var Woody
Guthrie en af den moderne folkemusikbevægelses
grundlæggere i årene omkring anden verdenskrig, hvor
han var medlem af the Almanac Singers - den første
folkemusikgruppe med kommersiel succes. Omfattende litterær
produktion og diskografi.
American folk singer, songwriter, poet, union agitator and
humanist. Born and raised in Oklahoma. Self-taught singer and
musician. Son: Arlo Guthrie.
Along with Pete Seeger Woody Guthrie were one of the modern folk
movement's founders in the years around World War II, where he was
a member of the Almanac Singers - the first folk group with
commercial success. Extensive literary production and
discography.
Litteratur og musikeksempler
/ Literature and music samples
Se: - http://archive.org/search.php?query=Woody%20Guthrie Guthrie, Woody: Bound for glory.- New York, E.P. Dutton,
1943 ; 1968. BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie (1988)
Leadbelly & Woody Guthrie Live! On WNYC, Down Home Radio
Shows 1940
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http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2007/01/leadbelly-woody-guthrie-live-on-wnyc-1940/ Woody Guthrie Recorded in Washington, DC, 1940.
- http://soundportraits.org/on-air/woody_guthrie/
'In March of 1940, a young Woody Guthrie sat with folklorist Alan
Lomax at the U.S. Department of the Interior studios for a series
of oral history interviews for the Library of Congress archives.
They were the first-ever professional recordings of Woodrow Wilson
Guthrie, and while some of these recordings have been released on
record, the original aluminum discs remain at the Library of
Congress.' The Columbia. FDR Presidential Library, Video 353, 1949.
- http://archive.org/details/gov.fdr.353.3.4
'Historic look at the Columbia River and its development. Woody
Guthrie was hired by BPA in 1941 to write the songs for this movie,
but its production was delayed by World War II. Produced in 1949 in
black and white, this film contains rare footage of Grand Coulee
Dam construction, Indian fishing at Celilo Falls and the 1948
Vanport flood.' Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie by Bob Dylan
- http://archive.org/details/TwitchMonkeyWoodyGuthrie Woody Guthrie & Pete SeegerWoody Guthrie & Pete Seeger -
The Strange Death Of John Doe
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http://archive.org/details/WoodyGuthriePeteSeeger-TheStrangeDeathOfJohnDoe Woody Guthrie Songs
- http://archive.org/details/WoodyGuthrieSongs
'These are some songs by Woody Guthrie. Also featuring some of his
friends like Leadbelly, Cisco Houston, Sonny Terry and folks from
The Almanac Singers.' Woody Guthrie - All You Fascists Bound To Lose 1944
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http://archive.org/details/WoodyGuthrie-AllYouFascistsBoundToLose1944 Kimberly Keyes Stark: The Sarah Palin Tribute Band Live at
Artomatic 2009: "This Land is Your Land" (2009)
- http://archive.org/details/sarahpalintributeband1 Vesterberg, Henrik: Folkets folkesanger. I:
Politiken, 10/14/2012.