For Woody Guthrie fans

[stevedeshazer]

Rolling along the Columbia, driving for Woody Guthrie
History - A Portland man recalls the month in 1941 that he spent showing the famed folk singer around the region

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1183861508181680.xml&coll=7

Woody Guthrie is a name that rings a bell.

Elmer Buehler's, not so much.

Yet a bright vein of the legendary folk singer's works -- including "Roll On Columbia, Roll On" -- has ties to a month of Buehler's driving skills.

Guthrie died 40 years ago at the age of 55.

Buehler keeps moving at the age of 96.

more @ link

[Swamp Rat]

1. k&r

[Uncle Joe]

2. Kicked and recommended

Thanks for the thread Steve_DeShazer.

[me b zola]

3. k&r

[Tom Joad]

4. Woody wrote about my people.

and about me in particular. well, my alter-ego in particular.

[Madspirit]

6. I love Grapes of Wrath...

I always read your posts because you go by "Tom Joad"...and because I like what you write...but that was what first made me notice you.
Lee

[malaise]

7. Ditto

and he loves Mark Twain.

[Tom Joad]

14. Thanks Lee!

[onethatcares]

9. I've done work for union organizers from the 40s

seen the broken hands/fingers because they used music to get people to understand the common goal. I don't think any of us in this day can understand how bad a company can be when they are supported by the government. Be it coal mines/fruitpickers/steelworkers. The government always sides with the moneyed. Sorry for the disjointed thoughts

[stevedeshazer]

13. Your thoughts make sense to me

Our government sides with the rich and against the poor, it always has.

It's the best government money can buy.

[stevedeshazer]

12. I'm one of those people, too

A descendant of the westward migration of farmers and laborers.

My father-in-law was a construction worker at Bonneville Dam.

My Grandpa's dairy farm was electrified as part of Franklin Roosevelt's Rural Electrification Administration.

The Dust Bowl descendants like you and me have come a long way, but we still have a long way to go.

[Madspirit]

5. k&r...n/t

[Usrename]

8. Woody

[RedEarth]

10. There is also a Woody Guthrie Folk Festival

held each year. Here is a link to the festival site. I've been several times and there usually is some very good music. Below are some of the musicians that will be there this year.

http://www.woodyguthrie.com/main2.htm

Arlo Guthrie www
Kevin Welch www
Jimmy LaFave www
Sara Hickman www
Joel Rafael www
Butch Hancock www
Ellis Paul www
Tim O'Brien www
Ronny Elliott www
Terri Hendrix with Lloyd Maines www
Rob McNurlin www
Jack Williams www
Don Conoscenti www
Antje Duvekot www
Johnsmith www
Jamaica Rafael www
Sam Baker www
Steppin' In It www
Red Dirt Rangers www
David & Adam Amram www
The Burns Sisters www
Romi Mayes www
Susan Shore www
Buffalofitz www
Emily Kaitz www
Happenstance www
Lisa Curl www
Larry Spears
John Fullbright
Travis Kidd www
Randy Crouch www
Barton & Sweeney Trio
The Farm Couple www
The Mudville Project www
Greg Klyma www
Bob Childers www
Tony Lee Thomas www
Effron White www
Nancy Apple www
Likely Stories
Derek and Nate
Radoslav Lorkovic www
Folk Uke with Annie Guthrie www
Ronny Cox www
Joe Gee www
Samantha Crain www
Michael Fracasso www
Jed and Kelley www
Eliza Gilkyson www

Festival House Band:
Terry "Buffalo" Ware
Don Morris, Dean Brown, T.Z. Wright
Randy Crouch & Dan Duggin

[Venus Dog]

11. Thanks for this - have always loved Guthrie's music

When my son was in Baghdad, I sent him Guthrie's "Dustbowl Ballads" - he loved it. He went to Czechoslovakia on his leave - stayed in hostels and so many of the people he met, just wanted to listen to that CD. We both thought it extraordinary - but, then again, not.

Thanks again.

[OneBlueSky]

15. thanks so much for that article . . . Woody and Pete Seeger are American icons . . . n/t

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