Woodrow Wilson Guthrie was an American singer-songwriter and one of the most significant figures in American folk music. His work focused on themes of American socialism and anti-fascism. His music includes songs such as This Land Is Your Land, written in response to the American exceptionalist song God Bless America, and has inspired several generations both politically and musically.
Guthrie wrote hundreds of country, folk, and children's songs, along with ballads and improvised works. Dust Bowl Ballads, Guthrie's album of songs about the Dust Bowl period, was included on Mojo magazine's list of 100 Records That Changed The World, and many of his recorded songs are archived in the Library of Congress. Songwriters who have acknowledged Guthrie as a major influence on their work include Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Johnny Cash, Bruce Springsteen, Robert Hunter, Harry Chapin, John Mellencamp, Pete Seeger, Andy Irvine, Joe Strummer, Billy Bragg, Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Jeff Tweedy, Tom Paxton, Brian Fallon, and Sixto Rodríguez . He frequently performed with the message "This machine kills fascists" displayed on his guitar.
Tracklisting
- Pastures Of Plenty
- So Long, It's Been Good To Know You
- Hard, Ain't It Hard
- Car Song
- Ramblin' Round
- Ship In The Sky
- Sinking Of The Reuben James
- Do-Re-Mi
- Jesus Christ
- When The Curfew Blows (Curfew Blow)
- 1913 Massacre
- Talking Fishing Blues
- Pretty Boy Floyd
- The Grand Coulee Dam
- When That Great Ship Went Down (The Great Ship)
- Billy The Kid
- Buffalo Gals
- Dead Or Alive (Poor Lazarus)
- New York Town
- Hard Travelin'
- This Land Is Your Land
- Buffalo Skinners
- Muleskinner Blues
- Wreck Of The Old 97
- Sally Goodin'
- I Ain't Got No Home
- Whoopie Ti Yi Yo, Get Along Little Dogies
- Jesse James
- Going Down The Road Feeling Bad
- New Found Land
- Talking Columbia
- Talking Sailor
- Go Tell Aunt Rhody
- Chisholm Trail
- Ranger's Command
- Stackolee
- Better World A-Comin'
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