COMING THIS WEEKEND: THE WOODY GUTHRIE CENTENNIAL

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.)