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folksinger Woody Guthrie
[1912-67]
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Woody Guthrie said this about his song "California!" in 1937 - not his 1944 song "This Land Is Your Land": “This song is copyrighted
in U.S., under Seal of Copyright # 154085, for a period of 28 years, and anybody caught singin it without our permission, will be mighty
good friends of ourn, cause we don't give a dern. Publish it. Write it. Sing it. Swing to it. Yodel it. We wrote it, that's all we wanted to do.”
“A song that don't say somethin' ain't worth nothin'.”
“Any one who uses more than two chords is just showing off.”
Other Works
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Los Angeles radio show "Woody and Lefty Lou" [1930s]
Woody shared airtime with Maxine 'Lefty Lou' Crissman from Fall 1937 to Spring 1938
radio program "The Ballad Gazette with Woody Guthrie"
radio program "Folk Songs of America" [WNYC Radio 12 December 1940]
"Children's Hour" radio series [BBC Radio July 1944] featuring guest Woody Guthrie
in-studio (London U.K. ?) interview during his wartime Merchant Marine service; sings "Wabash Cannonball" and "900 Miles From Home"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86e90MwKRAQ 5.14 6/2011 download
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Woody's Los Angeles KFVD radio show "Woody and Lefty Lou"
distributed songbooks to listeners who wanted the words to his recordings [1930s]
Maxine Crissman Archives at the Woody Guthrie Center
![Woody Guthrie's Songbook [1945]](covers3/WGuthrie-10songbook1945.jpg "Woody Guthrie's Songbook [1945]") | "Ten of Woody Guthrie's Songs, Book 1" [1945] Lyrics by Woody Guthrie
songs included {per cover} are "Biggest Thing", "True Love", "Grand Coulee Dam", "Jackhammer John", "This Land ...", "Talking Blues", "Ship In The Sky", "East Texas Red", "Bed On Your Floor", "Hard Traveling" retail source not found - try etsy or ebay | |
 | "Woody Sez" [1975] by Woody Guthrie, Preface by 'Studs' Terkel [1912-2008] 'sayings, stories, and drawings by America's greatest ballad-maker' • a collection of Woody's newspaper columns written for People's World Magazine in the 1930s Grosset & Dunlap 8x5 pb [1975] out of print/used | |
 | "Seeds of Man: An Experience Lived and Dreamed" [1976] a novel by Woody Guthrie An autobiographical novel based on Woody Guthrie’s adventurous 1931 trip through Texas; 19-year-old Woody, accompanied by family members, drives from Pampa in the Panhandle to the rugged Big Bend country in a wheezing Model-T Ford truck, in search of a silver mine that Uncle Jeff had discovered and then lost - the tale shows how his father’s search for riches was a dead-end street. The characters dare and do, drink Papa’s high-proof whiskey, eat out of cans, meet real characters, make love, and sing the lively songs composed by Woody along the way Univ Nebraska Press pb [6/95] - overpriced Dutton 8x5½ pb [1976] for $0.00 Pocket mass pb [6/1977] out of print/used |
"Woody Guthrie: Songs & Art, Words & Wisdom" [Rizzoli 2005] by Nora Guthrie & Robert Santelli
http://archive.org/details/woodyguthrieartw0000guth
http://www.amazon.com/Woody-Guthrie-Songs-Words-Wisdom-ebook/dp/B09J1S8SZF/
http://www.amazon.com/Woody-Guthrie-Songs-Words-Wisdom/dp/1797211781/
 | "Deadline Artists: America's Greatest Newspaper Columns" [2011] Edited by John P. Avlon, Jesse Angelo & Errol Louis Overlook 9x6 hardcover [9/2011] for $18.61 Historical and current writers covered include: Mitch Albom, Russell Baker, Mike Barnicle, Dave Barry, Ambrose Bierce, Thomas Boswell, Jimmy Breslin, David Brooks, Heywood Broun, Art Buchwald, William F. Buckley, Jimmy Cannon, Richard Harding Davis, Pete Dexter, Maureen Dowd, Fanny Fern, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas L. Friedman, Woody Guthrie [1912-67], Pete Hamill, Ben Hecht, W.C. Heinz, Ernest Hemingway, Bob Herbert, Carl Hiaasen, Langston Hughes, Murray Kempton, Michael Kinsley, Tony Kornheiser, Steve Lopez, H.L. Mencken, Jack Newfield, Peggy Noonan, Kathleen Parker, Westbrook Pegler, Leonard Pitts, Ernie Pyle, Anna Quindlen, Grantland Rice, Will Rogers, Theodore Roosevelt, Mike Royko, Damon Runyon, Red Smith, Dorothy Thompson, Hunter S. Thompson, Cynthia Tucker, Mark Twain, Orson Welles & George Will |
 | "House of Earth: A Novel" [2013] by Woody Guthrie Edited & Introduced by Douglas Brinkley & Johnny Depp Completed in 1947 and never published (possibly due to sexual content). First work from Depp's publishing imprint Infinitum Nihil; compared to John Steinbeck and D.H. Lawrence and described as a prose poem that elicits the reality of life during the 1930s Dust Bowl ecological disaster. STORY: A share-cropper and his wife struggle against the elements and the owners, hoping to someday realize their dream of building an adobe 'house of earth'. Kindle Edition from HarperCollins [2/2013] for $12.74 Harper 9¼x6½ hardcover [2/2013] for $15.04 |
 | "This Land Is Your Land: The Animated Kids' Songs of Woody Guthrie" animated video [Calico/Artisan Ent. March 1997] 28-minute film nominated for two Annie Awards: Best Home Video & Best Musical Achievement (shared with Frank Fuchs); the 11 songs are: "All Work Together" + instrumental, "Along Home", "Bling-Blang", "Grassey Grass Grass", "Howdi-Do", "Mail Myself To You", "Riding In My Car", "So Long, It's Been Good To Know Yuh", and "This Land Is Your Land" + instrumental • Produced & directed by Tom Burton; featuring voices of Arlo Guthrie & Woody Guthrie • bare credits at IMDb DVD/Blu-ray not available • Live/Artisan color VHS [3/1997] out of prodn/used | |
 | "Red Metal: The Copper Country Strike of 1913" TV documentary [PBS Dec 2013]
The event in Calumet, Michigan on Christmas Eve, 1913 is locally known as the Italian Hall disaster and remains the deadliest unsolved manslaughter in U.S. history; it was immortalized by Woody Guthrie in his 1945 ballad “1913 Massacre”, performed in the film by Steve Earle • 55-minute TV docufilm produced by Robert Y. Lee, Patrick Flynn; co-produced, written & directed by Jonathan Silvers; narrated by Richard Harris; featuring historian Larry Langton, folksinger Steve Earle bare credits at IMDb • PBS movie homepage P.B.S. Direct Video widescreen color DVD [1/2014] for $29.84 watch 12/2013 trailer [0:29] online at YouTube watch full movie [2/2025 upload; 59:58] online at YouTube watch truncated movie [10/2017 upload; 52:34] online at YouTube |
Movies, Stageplays, Other Media
movies • stageplays
Woody Guthrie was an uncredited music consultant on "The Grapes of Wrath" [1940] movie, which co-starred John Carradine,
father of David Carradine, who portrayed Woody in the 1968 "Bound For Glory" biopic {just below}.
"The Fight For Life" feature film [1940] /tt0032465/
An intern witnesses the death of a young mother in a maternity hospital delivery room. Disturbed that he might have overlooked something that could have
prevented the death, he goes to a maternity clinic in a city slum to learn more about the mortality of motherhood and to find new ways to prevent it
Directed by Pare Lorentz; actors include Will Geer & uncredited Woody Guthrie
"Folksay" TV special [1945] /tt33246706/
half-hour performance of Sophie Maslow's modern ballet "Folksay" incorporating sideline song commentaries (written by Carl Sandburg)
of balladeers Woody Guthrie and Tony Kraber.
"To Hear Your Banjo Play" short film [1947] written by Alan Lomax /tt0862907/
Presents the origin of the banjo, the development of southern folk music, and its influence upon Americans; Pete Seeger plays his banjo and narrates the story.
"Columbia: America's Greatest Power Stream" promo film [Department of Interior 1949]
filmed by the Bonneville Power Administration; produced & written by Stephen B. Kahn; songs by Woody Guthrie; narrated by Phil Irwin
watch full movie [10/2015 upload; 21:18] online at YouTube
"Bound For Glory" feature film [United Artists Dec 1976]
 |  | The early life of Woody Guthrie as a vagabond folk singer, based on his autobiography; lots of railroad footage, mostly on the Sierra Railway [est. 1897] around Jamestown, California • Directed by Hal Ashby; screenplay adapted by Robert Getchell; cinematographer Haskell Wexler & historic Steadicam shot by inventor/operator Garrett Brown; music adapted & conducted by Leonard Rosenman; starring David Carradine {as Woody Guthrie}, Ronny Cox, Melinda Dillon, Gail Strickland, John Lehne, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Randy Quaid, Elizabeth Macey, Susan & Sarah Vaill, Alexandra & Kimberly Mock, Miriam Byrd-Nethery, Jane Lambert, Jan Burrell, Lee McLaughlin, Ted Gehring, Robert Sorrells, Guthrie Thomas, Wendy Schaal, Delos V. Smith Jr., David Clennon, Larry Luttrell, Beeson Carroll, Mary Kay Place, Tani Guthrie, James O'Connell, Bruce Johnson, R.A. Rondell, James Jeter, Clifford A. Pellow, Tom Howard, Chuck Katzakian, Harry Holcombe, Evelyn Russell, M. Emmet Walsh, Sondra Blake, Brion James, James Carroll, Tom Peters, Raymond Guth, Buddy Joe Hooker, James Hong, Cara Corren, Susan Barnes, Bobby Bass, Harvey J. Newmark, Thomas J. Sauber, Jo de Winter, Lyle Ritz, Gary Downey, Jama Tegeler, G. Marie Haller, Leanna Johnson Heath, Robert Ginty, Tony Becker, Kip Addotta, Burke Byrnes, Samantha Harper, Carey Exton; Haskell Wexler won Oscar Award for Best Cinematography; Leonard Rosenman won Oscar Award for Best Music full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia Sandpiper Pictures color Blu-ray [4/2022] for $27.34 Twilight Time Limited Edition color Blu-ray [2008?] for $38.90 M.G.M. Video letterbox color DVD [6/2006] for $11.35 M.G.M. Video color VHS [6/2006] out of prodn/used watch official trailer [2/2016 upload; 2:38] online at YouTube Intrada Records soundtrack CD [9/2012] for $69.95 {sic} |
"Woody Guthrie's America" TV special [WTTW-TV Chicago/PBS 1976]
episode of the "Soundstage" music concert TV series [1974-85]
 | Woody Guthrie tribute show taped in front of a live Chicago audience; combines Guthrie's writings, read by Studs Terkel - with songs by Woody • Produced by Charles Mitchell; produced & directed by Bill Heitz; songs & words by Woody Guthrie, woven into a script by Millard Lampell; with live performances by Arlo Guthrie, Judy Collins, Fred Hellerman, and Pete Seeger
{incomplete} series credits at IMDb • episode credits missing on IMDb DVD/Blu-ray not available • watch full episode [59:33] online at Media Burn Archive |
 | "Til We Out Number 'Em / {various artists} Play The Music of Woody Guthrie" [2000] September 1996 gathering spearheaded by Ani DiFranco, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and the Guthrie Archives; live performance held in Cleveland's Severance Hall • the 19 songs are: "Hard Travellin' Hootenanny" by All Severance Hall Cast; "Payback" by Peter Glazer; "1913 Massacre" by Ramblin' Jack Elliot; "Regular Fries" by Arlo Guthrie; "Against The Law" by Billy Bragg; "Riding In My Car" by Bruce Springsteen; "Pretty Boy Floyd" by David Pirner; "Free In Every Moment" by Arlo Guthrie; "Do Re Me" by Ani Difranco; "What A Song Is" by Fred Hellerman; "Dust Storm Disaster" by Arlo Guthrie; "It Ain't About Bein' Perfect" by Craig Werner; "Deportee" by Bruce Springsteen; "Does Music Change The World?" by Country Joe McDonald; "Ramblin' 'Round" by Indigo Girls; "Change The Moment" by Arlo Guthrie; "Born Naked" by Tim Robbins; "Talking Dust Bowl" by Ramblin' Jack Elliot; and "Til We Outnumber 'Em (This Land Is Your Land)" by Arlo Guthrie • not listed at IMDb • VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available Righteous Babe Records concert CD [12/2006] 19 tracks for $13.09 Righteous Babe Records concert CD [6/2010] 19 tracks for $17.46 United For Opportunity MP-3 concert album download [5/2000] 19 tracks for $11.49 |
"Woody Guthrie: This Machine Kills Fascists" [2008]
Stephen Gammond (Director) featuring Billy Bragg, Arlo Guthrie, Harold Leventhal & Pete Seeger
http://www.amazon.com/Woody-Guthrie-Machine-Kills-Fascists/dp/B000FP2ZY4/
 | "Roll On Columbia: Woody Guthrie & The Bonneville Power Administration" [2010] 56-minute docufilm • Directed by Michael Majdic & Denise Matthews • not listed at IMDb Univ Oregon DVD-R [11/2010] out of prodn/used Univ Oregon VHS [11/2010] out of prodn/used |
"Finian's Rainbow" musical stageplay [1947]
One of the main characters is named Woody Mahoney, a leader in the tobacco workers' union; some have assumed that the role is modeled
after Woody Guthrie, but many disagree; Woody was changed to a tobacco company manager in the film.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finian%27s_Rainbow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finian%27s_Rainbow_(1968_film) directed by Francis Ford Coppola
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 | "California To The New York Island: Being A Pocketfull of Brags, Blues, Bad-Men Ballads, Love Songs, Okie Laments, and Children's Catcalls by Woody Guthrie" [1958] 'Woven into a Script suitable for a Concert, Clambake, Hootenanny, or Community Sing by Millard Lampell' (of the Almanac Singers), Introductory Note by Pete Seeger constructed from words and music for 29 of Woody Guthrie's songs The Guthrie Children's Trust Fund pb [1958] out of print/used Oak Publns pb [1960] out of print/used |
| "Woody Guthrie's American Song" musical stageplay [1988] Songs & writings by Woody Guthrie; conceived & adapted by Prof. Peter Glazer of U.C. Berkeley; orchestrations & vocal arrangements by Jeff Waxman; presented at Mendocino Theatre Company in California in 2023 & 2024; six performances at the Starlight movie theater in Silver City, New Mexico in Feb-March 2025 • the 24 songs are: "Hard Travelin' ", "So Long It's Been Good To Know You", "Oklahoma Hills", "Dust Storm Disaster", "I Ain't Got No Home / So Long", "Bound For Glory", "Do Re Mi", "Worried Man Blues / Ain't Gonna Be Treated This Way", "End of My Line", "Grand Coulee Dam", "Pastures of Plenty", "I Ain't Got No Home", "Hard Ain't It Hard", "I Don't Feel At Home On The Bowery No More", "Talkin' Subway", "Union Maid", "The Sinking of The Reuben James", "Nine Hundred Miles", "Deportee", "Better World A Comin' / Lonesome Valley", and "This Land Is Your Land" • NOTE: the 2012 album adds 18 songs or texts: "Storm of Words", "Page of My Life", "New Words To Old Tunes", "Tears and Ink", "The Drift of The Dust", "I Ain't Got No Home In This World Anymore / So Long (Reprise)", "Dust Bowl Refugee", "As Still As Daylight", "Ludlow Lament", "Ludlow Breakdown", "Folk Songs Are On Their Way In", "Fix The Days News Up", "The Ballad Singer", "All They Will Call You", "Your Word Singer", "Another Man's Done Gone", "This Is My Letter" stageplay official website • author's stageplay homepage Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse cast recording [2012] 39 tracks on 2 disks - out of prodn/scarce Cleveland Intl Records cast recording [6/2008] 22 tracks - out of prodn/scarce Cleveland Intl Records cast recording [1996] 22 tracks - out of prodn/scarce |
 | "Hard Travelin’ with Woody" multimedia solo show [2012] with The Music and Artworks of Woody Guthrie • Written and performed by Randy Noojin presented at The Theatre Asylum’s Elephant Studio for the Hollywood Fringe Festival in June 2014 6/2014 review by Ross Altman on the FolkWorks website official show website • CD available at show website for $15, requires PayPal watch color excerpt [4/2019 upload; 3:05] at YouTube |
"The Life & Music of Woody Guthrie" [2013?] at the Northlight Theater in Chicago, Illinois
nominated for a 2013 Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Revue Production
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"This Land Sings: Inspired by the Life and Times of Woody Guthrie" [2016]
a song cycle for soprano singer, baritone singer, and chamber ensemble by Grammy Award-winning American composer Michael Daugherty; the work is an original musical
tribute to singer-songwriter & political activist Woody Guthrie, organized into 17 vocal and instrumental numbers like a radio broadcast of the "Grand Ole Opry"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Land_Sings:_Inspired_by_the_Life_and_Times_of_Woody_Guthrie
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 | "Roll Columbia: Celebrating The 75th Anniversary of Woody Guthrie's Pacific Northwest Songs" [2016] Presented by The Rhapsody Project & The Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission at The Old Church in Portland, Oregon 18x26-inch rolled art print signed by artist Gary Houston [2016] for $74.99 |
Works About Woody Guthrie
The first Dylan-written song ever released was a tribute to his hero, 'Song To Woody', which appeared on his self-titled 1962 debut album.
Richie Havens [1941-2013] performed "Blues For Woody"
at the "Tribute To Woody Guthrie" concerts [1968 & 1970]; no other info found.
"Woody's Story: As Told by Will Geer and Sung by Dick Wingfield" [Folkways Records 1976]
BOB DYLAN: "Pastures of Plenty" (by Woody Guthrie) from "The Gaslight Tapes" // Bob Dylan - Pastures of Plenty.m4v Feb 2, 2012
"Song To Woody Guthrie" [2023] by Tiktok star Jesse Welles
watch 12/2023 song [2:54] online at Tiktok
"Song To Woody Guthrie 2" [2/2025] by Alex Flett
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfGxlNui69w 3:08
"This Machine Kills Fascists (inspired by Woody Guthrie)" [6/2025] by Alex Flett
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbMjqGLxPls 3:31
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 | Woody Guthrie and Me: An Intimate Reminiscence" [1979] by Ed Robbin, Introduction by Pete Seeger & A Conversation with Will Geer 160-page Lancaster-Miller Publrs pb [1979] out of print/used | |
 | "Woody Guthrie: A Life" [1980] by Joe Klein, Foreword by Billy Bragg Chronicles the harsh, sometimes tragic, ultimately triumphant life of the great American folk hero, focusing on his songs and the circumstances behind them, his influence on other songwriters and singers, and his impact on his audiences Kindle Edition from Faber & Faber [5/2023] not available in USA Random House 9¼x6 pb [2/1999] for $13.72 Ballantine Books mass pb [7/1986] out of print/used Knopf 10x7 hardcover [10/1980] out of print/used | |
 | "The Life of Woody Guthrie: There Ain't Nobody That Can Sing Like Me" [2002] by Anne E. Neimark Atheneum BFYR 10x8 pb [1/2017] for $13.99 Atheneum BFYR hardcover [2002] for $18.00 | |
 | "This Land Was Made For You and Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie" [2002] by Elizabeth Partridge a touching and highly-entertaining portrait of a true American talent; Pete Seeger cover blurb: 'The best book about Woody ever written' Viking BFYR 9¾x8¾ hardcover [4/2002] for $18.42 |
"Ramblin' Man: The Life and Times of Woody Guthrie" [W.W. Norton 2/2004] by Ed Cray
http://www.amazon.com/Ramblin-Man-Times-Woody-Guthrie/dp/0393047598/
 | "The Life, Music, and Thought of Woody Guthrie: A Critical Appraisal" [2011] Edited by John S. Partington provides a rigorous examination of Guthrie's cultural significance and an evaluation of both his contemporary and posthumous impact on American culture and on international folk culture Kindle Edition from Routledge Ashgate [9/2016] for $53.19 {sic} Routledge Ashgate 9¼x6 pb [12/2016] for $55.99 Routledge Ashgate 9½x6½ hardcover [4/2011] for $210.00 {sic} | |
 | "Woody's Road: Woody Guthrie's Letters Home, Drawings, Photos, and Other Unburied Treasures" [2012] by (Woody's sister) Mary Jo Guthrie Edgmon & Guy Lodgson, Forewords by Arlo Guthrie & David Amram Kindle Edition from Routledge [11/2015] for $39.51 {sic} Routledge 10¾x8½ pb [1/2023] for $41.59 Routledge 11¼x8¾ hardcover [5/2012] for $140.00 {sic} | |
 | "Woody Guthrie: Writing America's Songs (Routledge Historical Americans)" biography [2012] by Ronald D. Cohen a short, accessible biography, bolstered with primary documents, including letters and autobiographical excerpts, and reflections by Pete Seeger Kindle Edition from Routledge [11/2012] for $40.27 {sic} Routledge 9x6 pb [7/2012] for $42.39 Routledge 9¼x6¼ hardcover [8/2012] for $190.00 {sic} | |
 | "Woody Guthrie: Take It Easy But Take It - Catalogue For The Exhibit 'Woody At One Hundred: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Celebration, 1912-2012' " [2012] Contributions by Robert Santelli, Guy Logsdon, Tiffany Colannino, Darryl Holter 79-page Gilcrease Museum/Univ Oklahoma Press pb [2012] out of print/used | |
 | "Woody Guthrie's Wardy Forty: The Interviews" [2013] by Phillip Buehler the eleven interviewees are: researcher Jeff Carroll, Dr. Vincenzo Cocilovo, musician friend John Cohen (New Lost City Ramblers), musician friend Ramblin' Jack Elliott, close friend Sidsel Gleason, eldest son Arlo Guthrie, Marjorie Mazia Guthrie (Woody's second wife), Dr. Michael Hayden, Woody's mana-ger Harold Leventhal, Vincent 'Jimmy' Longhi (served with Guthrie in the Merchant Marine), and rarely-interviewed Anneke Van Kirk (Woody's third wife) Woody Guthrie Publns mass pb [2013] out of print/overpriced | |
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"Woody Guthrie's Wardy Forty: Greystone Park State Hospital Revisited" [2013] by Phillip Buehler includes 70+ contemporary color photos of the now-abandoned hospital; 30+ rare family photos from Nora Guthrie's personal collection; historic, never-before-seen photos by world-renowned photographer John Cohen and Woody's close friend Bob Gleason; personal letters from Woody written at Greystone; archival documents from the Guthrie Archives; personal interviews with Marjorie Guthrie, Arlo Guthrie, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Harold Leventhal, and others; handwritten lyrics by Bob Dylan for "Song To Woody"; and an essay on the history of Huntington's Disease and research on a cure PUB pb [11/2013] for $0.00 Woody Guthrie Publns hardcover [11/2013] out of print/used |
"My Name Is New York: Ramblin’ Around Woody Guthrie’s Town" [2014] written by Nora Guthrie Rotante
a walking tour guidebook to 19 significant locations in NYC where Woody Guthrie lived and composed
 | "Woody Guthrie L.A., 1937 To 1941" [2016] co-edited by historians Darryl Holter & William Deverell, Foreword by Ed Cray includes lyrics that Woody wrote about Los Angeles, many of which he never set to music, published here for the first time Angel City Press 9¼x9¼ hardcover [1/2016] for $40.00 3/2016 book review on K.Q.E.D. San Francisco website | |
 | "Depression Folk: Grassroots Music and Left-Wing Politics In 1930s America" [2016] by Ronald D. Cohen Detailing the influence & achievements of such notable musicians as Pete Seeger, Big Bill Broonzy, and Woody Guthrie Kindle Edition from Univ North Carolina Press [8/2016] for $19.99 Univ North Carolina Press 8½x5½ pb [9/2016] for $27.79 Univ North Carolina Press 8½x5½ hardcover [10/2016] for $68.04 |
"Woody Guthrie: An Intimate Life" [October 6, 2020] by Gustavus Stadler
http://www.amazon.com/Woody-Guthrie-Intimate-Gustavus-Stadler/dp/0807018910
"Woody Guthrie: People Are The Song" online exhibit [] at The Morgan Library & Museum [] in nyc
"They Were There" early TV series [WCBW/CBS 1944-1945] /tt37898367/
guest Woody Guthrie performs a one-man show with stories of his travels and the singing of several songs that he composed at sea
"Our American Musical Heritage" [1971] Episode: [aired 14 September 1971] /tt1712426/
"Født Til at Vinde (Born To Win)" TV Movie [Denmark 1973] /tt16976876/
A selection of songs by Woody Guthrie who inspired a generation of American folk musicians; performed by a team
of four folk singers and musicians, including Derroll Adams.
"Brother Can You Spare A Dime" feature film [1975] /tt0072742/
A nostalgic look back at the Great Depression with archival footage and film clips picturing James Cagney as an American Everyman.
"Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?" documentary [Dimension Pictures Aug 1975]
  | "From Human Tragedy To Hollywood Glitter"; featuring national figures Winston Churchill, John Dillinger, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Gerald Ford, Herbert Hoover, J. Edgar Hoover, Hubert H. Humphrey, Lyndon Johnson, Jacqueline Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Fiorello LaGuardia, Senator Huey Long, Douglas MacArthur, Joe Louis, Richard & Pat Nixon, several Roosevelts, Max Schmeling, Harry S. Truman, and Wendell Willkie; and entertainers The Andrews Sisters, Fred Astaire, Constance Bennett, Jack Benny, Busby Berkeley, Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, Cab Calloway, Eddie Cantor, Charles Chaplin, Mae Clarke, Gary Cooper, Bing Crosby, Frankie Darro, Cecil B. DeMille, Marlene Dietrich, Walt Disney, Margaret Dumont, Bill Elliott, Stepin Fetchit, W.C. Fields, Preston Foster, Clark Gable, Janet Gaynor, Benny Goodman, Cary Grant, Woody Guthrie [1912-67], George 'Gabby' Hayes, Billie Holiday, Bob Hope, Walter Huston, Al Jolson, Ruby Keeler, Hedy Lamarr, Vivien Leigh, Carole Lombard, Fredric March, Chico & Groucho & Harpo Marx, Paul Muni, Fayard & Harold Nicholas, Dick Powell, George Raft, Paul Robeson, Edward G. Robinson, Will Rogers, James Stewart, Shirley Temple, Spencer Tracy, Rudy Vallee, John Wayne, Orson Welles, and Loretta Young Produced by Sanford Lieberson & David Puttnam; written & directed by Phillipe Mora full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia V.C.I. Video color/b&w Blu-ray [10/2019] for $17.99 Image Ent. color/b&w DVD [10/99] for $24.99 |
"All You Need Is Love" [] S1.E12 "Go Down, Moses!: Songs of War and Protest" [aired Apr 30, 1977] /tt1303929/
 | "Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin' " docufilm [1984]
Part biography, part travelogue, and part hootenanny, follows the singer’s son, Arlo Guthrie, as he retraces his father’s travels and collects reminiscences from his father’s family, friends, and musical partners • Co-produced, directed & photographed by Jim Brown; featuring Hoyt Axton, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Ronnie Gilbert, Arlo Guthrie, Matt Jennings, Rose Maddox, Bill Murlin, Holly Near, Pete Seeger & Sonny Terry, with archive footage of Woody Guthrie; dedicated to Marjorie Guthrie • credits at IMDb M.G.M. Video color VHS [4/2006] out of prodn/scarce watch full movie [6/2024 upload; 1:15:21] online at YouTube | |
 | "Soundtrack From The Film Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin' " [2000] by Arlo Guthrie and friends 14 songs featuring Hoyt Axton, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Ronnie Gilbert, Arlo Guthrie, Rose Maddox, Holly Near, Pete Seeger & Sonny Terry Arloco Records soundtrack vinyl LP [1/2022] out of prodn/used Arloco Records soundtrack vinyl LP [4/2012] out of prodn/used CD Baby soundtrack CD [11/2006] 14 tracks for $19.98 Rising Son Records MP-3 soundtrack album download [2010] for $9.49 |
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"Folkways: A Vision Shared - A Tribute To Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly" documentary video [1988]
stunning tribute to two legends of folk and blues; reached number 70 on the charts • 88-minute concert film produced by Harold Leventhal; produced & directed by Jim Brown; narrated by Robbie Robertson; featuring Bono, The Edge, Ahmet Ertegun, Arlo Guthrie, Emmylou Harris, Harold Leventhal, Little Richard, Alan Lomax, Taj Mahal, John Mellencamp, Willie Nelson, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Patti Scialfa, Pete Seeger, Bruce Springsteen, Sweet Honey in the Rock band, the U2 band, Steven Van Zandt, Max Weinberg; with archive footage of Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly, John Lomax, and the voice of Bob Dylan full credits at IMDb • 73-minute Sony Legacy color DVD [10/2000] for $29.99 soundtrack CD [8/00] for $0.00 soundtrack CD [8/00] for $0.00 Sony B.M.G. Music Ent. MP-3 soundtrack album download [8/1988] for $15.40 |
"Arena" [1975-] Episode: "Woody Guthrie" [1988] /tt4917026/
"America's Music: The Roots of Country" TV mini-series [1996] /tt0320816/
 | "All Aboard!: 150 Years On The Right Track" documentary [Reader's Digest 1996] Exec producer Charles Grinker; produced & directed by Vincent Kralyevich; written by Alan Goldberg; narrated by Peter Thomas; featuring historian John Hankey, Walter P. Gray III, Dwight L. Young, and Ervin H. White, with archive footage of Woody Guthrie, Buster Keaton, Harry S. Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, and Franklin D. Roosevelt 1996 video release not found on Amazon, several showing on eBay • not listed at IMDb |
"Man In The Sand" 2-hour documentary film [BBC 1999] /tt0345620/
"Freedom Highway: Songs That Shaped A Century" [2001] /tt0299903/
90-minute journey through the great political songs using a combination of contemporary and archive footage and featuring performances
and interviews with political singers and activists alike.
"Get Up, Stand Up: The Story of Pop and Politics" [] S1.E1 "We Shall Overcome" [aired Nov 29, 2003] /tt2466938/
"American Masters" [1985- ] Episode: "No Direction Home: Bob Dylan" [2005] /tt0367555/
3½-hour chronicle of Bob Dylan's evolution between 1961 and 1966 from folk singer to protest singer to 'voice of a generation' to rock star
"This Machine Kills Fascists" [2005] /tt0835380/
documentary on the career and life of Woody Guthrie
"American Masters" [1985- ] Episode: "Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home" [2006] /tt0826266/
the story of Woody Guthrie's creative energy, personal imperfections, and family tragedy.
"Folk America" [2009] Episode: "This Land Is Your Land" [2009] /tt2216573/
the 1930s saw folk redefined as the voice of protest and the outsider. Woody Guthrie fitted the mould perfectly.
"Guitare: Une Arme à Six Cordes (Guitar: A Weapon With Six Strings)" [2019] /tt11302300/
"The Top Ten Revealed" [2018-] Episode: "Patriotic Songs" (2021) /tt14590118/ Music to celebrate the USA
Image Gallery
http://www.watermelon-kid.com/places/okemah/statue_bricks_and_murals.htm
Okemah ok
510 W. Broadway
sculpted in 1998 by Dan Brook, a Creek Indian
flanked by two large murals,
son folksinger Arlo Guthrie
“Some of the stuff going on in the world is only there to put a smile on your face, there's no other reasonable explanation for it.”
Arlo's official website
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlo_Guthrie
"Alice's Restaurant Massacree" Thanksgiving tune [1967]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m57gzA2JCcM : original recording runs 17 minutes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPx2t7xoF1k : Alice's Restaurant Massacree lyrics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNLE5z7jNaM : all 16 minutes - at Farm Aid 2001
In 1991, Arlo Guthrie bought the Stockbridge Trinity Church where Alice and her husband had lived and turned it into The Guthrie Center,
a nonprofit dedicated to helping people with HIV and other afflictions, including Huntington's Disease.
Folk singer Arlo Guthrie announced that Alice Brock, the "Alice" in his classic , "Alice's Restaurant," died Thursday at age
"Deportee"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2eO65BqxBE
"City of New Orleans"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF1lqEQFVUo 5.35
Arlo Guthrie/ City Of New Orleans
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYjOMIki6qs concert 5.47
Arlo Guthrie/ City of New Orleans - in concert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYjOMIki6qs 5.47
The City of New Orleans - audio - by Arlo Guthrie - Topic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSeqrkRT1t0 4.34
City of New Orleans, Arlo Guthrie [] showing iowa pacific train in orange, pulled by IC 3515
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF1lqEQFVUo 5.35
"Arlo Guthrie and Pete Seeger: Together In Concert" [1975]
 | "The Best of Arlo Guthrie" music album [1977/1993] nine songs: "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" {all 18½ minutes}, "City of New Orleans", "Coming Into Los Angeles", "Cooper's Lament", "Darkest Hour", "Gabriel's Mother's Hiway Ballad #16 Blues", "Last To Leave", "Last Train", "Motorcycle Song" Rhino/Warner Records pickle green vinyl LP [6/2019] 2 disks for $24.98 Warner Bros. Records music CD [12/2006] for $16.55 |
| "Til We Out Number 'Em / {various artists} Play The Music of Woody Guthrie" [2000] September 1996 gathering spearheaded by Ani DiFranco, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and the Guthrie Archives; live performance held in Cleveland's Severance Hall • the 19 songs are: "Hard Travellin' Hootenanny" by All Severance Hall Cast; "Payback" by Peter Glazer; "1913 Massacre" by Ramblin' Jack Elliot; "Regular Fries" by Arlo Guthrie; "Against The Law" by Billy Bragg; "Riding In My Car" by Bruce Springsteen; "Pretty Boy Floyd" by David Pirner; "Free In Every Moment" by Arlo Guthrie; "Do Re Me" by Ani Difranco; "What A Song Is" by Fred Hellerman; "Dust Storm Disaster" by Arlo Guthrie; "It Ain't About Bein' Perfect" by Craig Werner; "Deportee" by Bruce Springsteen; "Does Music Change The World?" by Country Joe McDonald; "Ramblin' 'Round" by Indigo Girls; "Change The Moment" by Arlo Guthrie; "Born Naked" by Tim Robbins; "Talking Dust Bowl" by Ramblin' Jack Elliot; and "Til We Outnumber 'Em (This Land Is Your Land)" by Arlo Guthrie • not listed at IMDb • VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available Righteous Babe Records concert CD [12/2006] 19 tracks for $13.09 Righteous Babe Records concert CD [6/2010] 19 tracks for $17.46 United For Opportunity MP-3 concert album download [5/2000] 19 tracks for $11.49 |
 | "Thirty-two Cents / Postage Due" music album [2008] by Arlo Guthrie with The Dillards 13 songs by Woody Guthrie: "Grand Coulee Dam", "Hard Travelin", "East Texas Red", "Pastures of Plenty", "Ludlow Massacre", "The Sinking of The Reuben James", "Sally Don't You Grieve", "Tom Joad", "Ship In The Sky (My Daddy)", "The Ranger's Command", "Do Re Mi", "So Long It's Been Good To Know Yuh", and "This Land Is Your Land (instrumental)" Rising Son Records music CD [4/2009] 13 tracks for $17.99 Rising Son Records MP-3 music album download [9/2008] 13 songs for $9.49 |
"Sacco and Vanzetti" documentary feature film [indep March 2007]
 | 80-minute documentary film about the unjust trial & execution of Italian-born anarchists Bartolomeo Vanzetti & Nicola Sacco; co-produced & directed by Peter Miller; featuring Henry Fonda, Arlo Guthrie, David Kaiser, Giuliano Montaldo, 'Studs' Terkel, Mary Anne Trasciatti, Howard Zinn, and the voices of Tony Shalhoub & John Turturro First Run Features widescreen color DVD [8/2007] for $14.60 full credits from IMDb • official movie site |
Family & Friends & Colleagues
Woodrow Wilson Guthrie was born in Okemah, Oklahoma in July 1912; he served in the Merchant Marine during World War II; he recorded
for Smithsonian Folkways in 1944-46; Woody was hospitalized for Huntington's Disease in June 1952 and died in October 1967 at age 55.
father small-town businessman Charley Edward Guthrie [1879-1956]
mother Nora Belle Sherman Tanner Guthrie [1888-1929] suffered from undiagnosed Huntington's Disease and was declared insane
brother Roy Guthrie [b. 1900?]
sister Clara Edna Guthrie [1904-1919] was burned to death in a house fire at age 14
third child Woody was born in 1912
brother George Guthrie [b. 1918]
sister Mary Jo/Josephine Guthrie Edgmon [b. 1922]
uncle Jeff Guthrie [] taught Woody to play the guitar
Woody’s cousin Leon Jerry 'Oklahoma Jack' Guthrie [] lived in the Los Angeles area in the 1930s
first wife Mary Esta Jennings Guthrie [1917-2014] - married 1933-1940
daughter Gwendolyn Gail 'Gwen' Guthrie [b. 11/1935]
daughter Sue Guthrie [b. 7/1936]
son Will Guthrie [b. 10/1939]
second wife dancer Marjorie Greenblatt Mazia Guthrie [] - married 1945, divorced 1953
after the divorce from Anneke, Woody's second wife Marjorie re-entered his life and cared for him until his death
daughter Cathy Ann Guthrie [2/1943-1947] was burned to death in an apartment fire at age 4
son folksinger Arlo Guthrie [b. 7/1947] {see above}
Arlo's daughter/Woody's granddaughter Sarah Lee Guthrie []
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Lee_Guthrie_%26_Johnny_Irion
Woody's son Joady Ben Guthrie [b. 12/1948]
Woody's daughter Nora Lee Guthrie Rotante [b. 1/1950] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nora_Guthrie
Woody's granddaughter Anna Rotante Canoni
Woody's grandson Cole Rotante
Woody's mother-in-law Yiddish poet Aliza Waitzman Greenblatt [1888-1975]
third wife Anneke Van Kirk Guthrie [] - married 12/1953, divorced 1956
daughter Lorinna Lynn Guthrie [1954-73] - estranged, died in car accident at age 19
friends, admirers, and colleagues
The Almanac Singers [1940-43] included Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie
the Corncob Trio [] with Matt Jennings, who played harmonica & fiddle, and guitarist Cluster Baker
by the fall, he was appearing in a short-lived group he called the Headline Singers along with Leadbelly, Sonny Terry, and Brownie McGhee.
blacklisted folk singers The Weavers [1948-64 & 1981]:
movie credits •
Wikipedia
Folkways Records founder Moses 'Moe' Asch [1905-86]
Asch founded Folkways Records in October 1948
music legend Bob Dylan [b.1941]
Ramblin' Jack Elliot [b. 1931]
blacklisted actor Will Geer [1902-78]
Woody's close friend Bob Gleason
guitarist Cisco Houston [1918-61]
blacklisted
Millard Lampell [1919-97], founder of the Almanac Singers
Huddie William Ledbetter [1888?-1949] - better known by the stage name Lead Belly
Woody's manager Harold Leventhal [1919-2005]
 | "Isn't This A Time! A Tribute Concert For Harold Leventhal" [Seventh Art Releasing 2004] The feature film "Wasn't That A Time" [1981] covered the seemingly last reunion of the legendary folk music group The Weavers; two decades later, The Weavers are surprisingly back – in a magical evening at Carnegie Hall to honor an unsung American hero: music impresario Harold Leventhal • 5 total producers are listed; co-produced & directed by Jim Brown; featuring Leon Bibb, Theodore Bikel, co-producer Arlo Guthrie, Sarah Lee Guthrie, co-producer Harold Leventhal, Tao Rodriguez-Seeger, Peter Paul & Mary (Peter Yarrow, N. Paul Stookey, Mary Allin Travers), Bethany Yarrow, and blacklisted folk singers The Weavers (Erik Darling, Ronnie Gilbert, Fred Hellerman, Pete Seeger) full credits at IMDb • retail VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available film available under license at Seventh Art Releasing website |
Harold Leventhal also co-produced the Pete Seeger documentary "A Song and A Stone" [1972], the Weavers documentary
"Wasn't That A Time!" [1981], and the Emmy-winning "We Shall Overcome" [1988].
lifelong pal Ed Robbin from the Los Angeles days
singer-songwriter Pete Seeger [1919-2014]
music legend Bruce Springsteen [b. 1949]
harmonica player Sonny Terry [1911-86]
Woody & family residences
Oklahoma
Los Angeles period 1937-41
Northwest USA, 1941-? - Guthrie moved to Portland, Oregon in May 1941.
New York City - Woody lived at 19 different addresses in nyc from 1942 to his death in 1967
74 charles street, manhattan in 1942-43
130 W. Tenth Street, greenwich village with almanac singers - now vet clinic
3815 atlantic avenue seagate = 1943
3520 mermaid avenue, coney island, = rented 1943-50 // in-laws in apt below?
48 murdock court, brighton beach 1950-52
159-13 85th street, howard beach 1952-67 where anna & cole lived
"Woody Guthrie, New Yorker" short documentary film [2015] from The New York Times
grandchildren Anna Rotante Canoni & Cole Rotante visit 10 locations in NYC where Woody & his family lived
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_WR4jqMghw 10:28
here on the music legend Woody Guthrie [1912-67] Page at Spirit of America Bookstore
back on Page 1: top of page • short profile • recordings • other works • links
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image gallery • son Arlo Guthrie • family & friends & colleagues
on Page 3: top of page • songbooks • recordings
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