Woody Guthrie

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• i was looking (on youtube) for

  
  ravings of a semi-sane madwoman — Authority: 447
  barbara danes version. its not there. this one by michael pickett is nice too Technorati Tags: woody guthrie , deportee , deportee plane wreck at los gatos , michael pickett Generated By Technorati Tag Generator
  4 days ago

• Roger McGuinn: "Pretty Boy Floyd"

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 580
  On their groundbreaking Sweetheart of the Rodeo, The Byrds did nothing less than invent the country rock genre. Watch and listen as the late bands frontman, Chicago native Roger McGuinn, performs a Woody Guthrie song, "Pretty Boy Floyd." And there is a Christmas tie-in to the song: It was in Oklahoma City, ...
  4 days ago

• Do Re Mi.

  
  JackRabbit Caf — Authority: 135
  Fast-forward to 1:57 ... Lots of folks back East, they say, is leavin home every day, Beatin the hot old dusty way to the California line. Cross the desert sands they roll, gettin out of that old dust bowl, They think theyre goin to a sugar bowl, but heres what they find Now, the police at the port of ...
  5 days ago

• Dylan’s visions of Zinn

  
  RightWingBob.com — Authority: 425
  So, on a TV show last night on the History Channel called “The People Speak: Democracy is Not A Spectator Sport,” Bob Dylan was featured performing Woody Guthrie’s song Do Re Mi , accompanied by Ry Cooder on guitar and Van Dyke Parks on piano. The performance was great, in my opinion; both towering and ...
  6 days ago

• The Internet Book of the Dead

  
  ThreatBlog — Authority: 552
  This blog is a bit of an oddity. ESET UK were approached by Dan Damon, a reporter putting together a piece about “the complications of a digital world when someone passes away”, asking if there was someone at ESET who would be interested in being interviewed for BBC 1 radio on the subject. The request got passed ...
  1 week ago

• AA Bondy Wraps Fall Tour in New York

  
  Spinner — Authority: 728
  Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News After 65 days on the road, AA Bondy ended his 2009 fall tour Wednesday night at New York Citys Bowery Ballroom, special guests in tow. "Ive got a few surprises left," a characteristically deadpan Bondy said midway through the show. "I think Bruce Springsteen is gonna ...
  1 week ago

• Throwback Thread: Woody Guthrie

  
  Sensory Overload — Authority: 134
  As important as Robert Johnson was to blues, Woody Guthrie expanded the range of folk music during the first half of the 20th century. Yet much has been said of his mythical persona, leftist influence, communist leanings, rambling lifestyle, identity politics and heart for the poor. The music is sometimes forgotten. ...
  1 week ago

• Died On This Date (December 6, 1949) Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter

  
  The Music's Over — Authority: 142
  Lead Belly (Born Huddie Ledbetter0January 20, 1888 – December 6, 1949Huddie Ledbetter, or as he was better known, Leadbelly (which he spelled, Lead Belly) was a Louisiana-born folk and blues singer, songwriter and musician whose catalog of songs included many that have since become folk and blues standards.  That ...
  2 weeks ago

• * Another Figure From The 1960s Folk Revival Passes From The Scene- Folklorist Bess Lomax Hawes

  
  AMERICAN LEFT HISTORY — Authority: 144
  Click on title to link to "The Boston Globe" obituary for Bess Lomax Hawes, an important secondary fixture on the folk revival circuit in the 1950s and 1960s and co-writer of the famous "The MTA Song" . From The Charlie On The MTA Web site: Charlie on the MTA ...
  2 weeks ago

• Rounder Recording Artists garner 6 Grammy® Nominations

  
  BluegrassJournal.com — Authority: 138
  Burlington, MA – Rounder Records is pleased to announce that its artists and albums have received 6 Grammy ® nominations for the 52nd Annual Awards. The awards ceremony will be held on “Grammy ® Sunday,” January 31, 2010, at Staples Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast live on CBS from 8–11:30 ...
  2 weeks ago

• Several Oklahomans Pick Up Grammy Nominations

  
  Oklahoma Rock Newsblog — Authority: 129
  Nominees for The 52nd Grammy Awards were announced last night by The Recording Academy. One-time Grammy winner Kings of Leon , which includes Oklahoma-born members Matthew and Nathan Followill, earned four nominations: Record Of The Year - “Use Somebody” Song Of The Year - “Use Somebody” ...
  2 weeks ago

• THE PINE HILL HAINTS – TO WIN OR LOSE

  
  ninebullets.net — Authority: 466
  Hailing from Auburn, Alabama and named after the cemetery where they used to practice The Pine Hill Haints has been turning out what they call Alabama Ghost Music since 2000. AIV covered them here on 9B when he discovered them by accident as an opening act back in 2007. I have to admit I hadn’t read that piece ...
  2 weeks ago

• Bess Hawes, prominent musician-folklorist, dies (AP)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 178
  AP - Bess Lomax Hawes, who sang with Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger, co-wrote the Kingston Trio hit "M.T.A." and spent a lifetime documenting American folklore in recordings and films, has died at age 88, her family said Monday.
  2 weeks ago

• Cyber Monday Into Tuesday Chanukah Special

  
  Sheepshead Bites — Authority: 140
  The Kingsborough Community College Lively Arts program is getting on the Cyber Monday sale bandwagon by offering a discount on an upcoming Hanukkah performance.The ad says that it’s The Klezmatics Hanukkah Party, so we’re hoping that means we’ll get a chance to do a little dancing, instead of just sitting in our ...
  2 weeks ago

• Bob Dylan, Macca appear on charity calendar to raise funds for cancer sufferers

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 730
  London, Nov 29 (ANI): Stars including Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney and Deborah Harry have joined forces to appear on an HMV charity calendar, raising funds for young cancer sufferers.On sale now, HMV’s glossy My Inspiration calendar shows each of these influential artists revealing their ...
  3 weeks ago

• Arlo Guthrie and family have two apearances this weekend: Carnegie Hall and NJPAC

  
  OntheWilderSide — Authority: 438
  On this Saturday after Thanksgiving, November 28, 2009, Arlo Guthrie and his family will be performing at Carnegie Hall. My guess is, it would be nearly impossible to get tickets if you don’t have them already. The Carnegie Hall tradition dates back to Pete Seeger and the Weavers. Although, Arlo Guthrie has been ...
  3 weeks ago

• RIP, Bess Lomax Hawes (November 27, 2009) Folk Musician & Folklorist

  
  The Music's Over — Authority: 142
  Bess Lomax HawesJanuary 21, 1921 – November 27, 2009Bess Lomax Hawes was a folk musician, educator and folklorist.  As the daughter and sister of noted folk historians, John A. Lomax and Alan Lomax, Hawes was never far from the American folk music that she would eventually build her life around.  After graduating ...
  3 weeks ago

• Old Time Rock ‘N’ Roll

  
  OurStage Blog — Authority: 436
  Nashvilles Buffalo Clover Roots music isn’t synonymous with the stripped down sounds of Pete Seeger or Woody Guthrie though those two are widely credited as the fathers of American roots music. In fact, the genre’s massive legacy includes bluegrass, jazz, gospel, country, even vaudeville. Hailing from Nashville, ...
  3 weeks ago

• To All of Our Brave Sailors, Especially Submariners on Thanksgiving Patrol

  
  Molten Eagle — Authority: 125
  USS Reuben James (DD-245), a four-stacker, Clemson-class destroyer, was the first US Navy ship sunk by hostile action in World War II . The ship had been named for Boatswains Mate Reuben James (c.1776–1838), who had gallantly fought Muslim pirates in the Barbary Wars. American singer-songwriter and folk ...
  3 weeks ago

• Thanksgiving at Alices Restaurant: The Guthries American Dream Lives On

  
  Politics Daily — Authority: 784
  Filed under: Culture A rock n roll tradition marks "turkey day" for baby boomers and their " Not again !" suffering children, an annual cultural moment via the radio airwaves that educated generations of Americans beyond their textbooks . And from todays perspective, this goofy 40-year-old boomer rite spotlights ...
  3 weeks ago

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