“Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie (July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967) is best known as an American singer-songwriter andfolk musician, whose musical legacy includes hundreds of political, traditional and children's songs, ballads and improvised works. He frequently performed with the slogan This Machine Kills Fascists displayed on his guitar. His best-known song is "This Land Is Your Land". Many of his recorded songs are archived in the Library of Congress.[1] Such songwriters as Bob Dylan,Phil Ochs, Bruce Springsteen, Pete Seeger, Joe Strummer and Tom Paxton have acknowledged their debt to Guthrie as an influence.
Guthrie traveled with migrant workers from Oklahoma to California and learned traditional folk and blues songs. Many of his songs are about his experiences in the Dust Bowl era during the Great Depression, earning him the nickname the "Dust Bowl Troubadour".[2] Throughout his life Guthrie was associated with United States communist groups, though he was seemingly not a member of any.[3]
Guthrie was married three times and fathered eight children, including American folk musician Arlo Guthrie. He is the grandfather of musician Sarah Lee Guthrie.[4] Guthrie died from complications of Huntington's disease, a progressive genetic neurologicaldisorder. During his later years, in spite of his illness, Guthrie served as a figurehead in the folk movement, providing inspiration to a generation of new folk musicians, including mentor relationships with Ramblin' Jack Elliott and Bob Dylan.
Woody Guthrie was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in 1997…”
The quality of life and security for the citizens has been largely restored and we are a large part of why that has happened.
Posted by: Dominic Caraccilo | Tuesday, September 06, 2011 at 01:57
Couple of questions for you Jim. If I can +1 this why can't I A)Log in using G+ B)Find it under sparks (I had you there at one time)and 3)Where is your RSS feed link? I had you feeding into G+ under sparks and your feed vanished. Now I don't see an RSS option on this page. Am I missing it? I read all blogs via RSS feed.
Posted by: Joe Taibi | Tuesday, September 06, 2011 at 09:29
btw please email me at G+ or on FB or my reg email (available here via the post or by info on FB) because I currently have no way of being told you've replied to this. As I said, the links seem to have been severed.
Posted by: Joe Taibi | Tuesday, September 06, 2011 at 09:33
Let me see the Original feed for RSS here is:
http://www.showmeblog.com/home/atom.xml
The Feedburner feed is: http://feeds.feedburner.com/Showmeblog
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Posted by: Jim Howard | Tuesday, September 06, 2011 at 12:22