Hard to believe, but this Saturday marks the hundredth birthday of Woody Guthrie, who left a legacy of over three thousand songs. (And that's the ones we know of; there may be more yet to be discovered.) If you want to understand the American character, you have to listen to his songs.
Here are some of them.
Reuben James:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrZjJsIA1EI&feature=fvst
Do Re Mi:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46mO7jx3JEw
So Long It's Been Good to Know You:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqiblXFlZuk
Hard Travelin':
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfq5b1bppJQ
Talking Dust Bowl Blues:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkAxuqrVNBM
Hobo's Lullaby:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN_xvE79iXE&feature=related
Better World A-Comin':
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQLzZ1zlkGo&feature=related
Jesus Christ:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVRqdhfFAXw&feature=related
Jesse James:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pem2DbznsM&feature=related
Roll on Columbia:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sH6CcsTafw
I'm cheating here: Although many people think that Oklahoma Hills was written Woody Guthrie, it was actually written by his father, Charles Guthrie. It was made popular by Woody's cousin Jack Guthrie, whose recording is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sVBVOmx6Rk
Biggest Thing Man Has Ever Done (The Great Historical Bum):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB-YnV0e3Lc
And, of course, This Land Is your Land:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxiMrvDbq3s
(I'm a couple of days early for Woody Guthrie's centennial, but I'll be posting about a different birthday on Saturday.)
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