” I’m singing you the song but I can’t you sing enough

‘Cause there’s not many men that ´ve done the things that you’ve done. “

Bob Dylan – Song To Woody

In the mid 60’s, Bob Dylan revolutionized, thanks to his  poetic inspiration and his critical spirit, the concept of the letters of the Rock. So it became a character in a huge musical influence and, despite himself, a cultural leader. He is the key figure of Folk,  but the unequivocal master of this religion  was Woodie Guthrie

Night owl and bohemian , he reported us  at more than a thousand songs all that he saw, lived and thought throughout his short but eventful life.

His name is engraved in letters of fire in folk music   story . I’m not gonna get into too many details about Woodie´s style and his work, as I am not a musician or a poet . It must suffice to say that I can find on his albums,  enthralling examples of folk and blues and that he was not shy about write.

It has always been considered a protest singer, but his work came much further than that. He made songs against the war and unemployment, sang to the strikers, the homeless, told us the story of generous bandits and anarchists killed, but also honored with his  raspy voice and his guitar to children and elderly of the mountains and plains of his homeland,  America.

Today  would be celebrating 100 years, he was born at Julio 14, 1912, then   this post is as a sort of homage to this great artist who often we forget to mention. 

So thanks  Woodie Guthrie, wherever you are…

Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection 

 Release  July 10, 2012

Number of Discs: 3

Label: Smithsonian/Folkways

Tracklist

Disc One

01. This Land Is Your Land (Alternate Version)

02. Pastures of Plenty

03. Riding in My Car (Car Song)

04. The Grand Coulee Dam

05. Talking Dust Bowl

06. So Long, It’s Been Good to Know Yuh (Dusty Old Dust)

07. Ramblin’ Round

08. Philadelphia Lawyer

09. Hard Travelin’

10. Pretty Boy Floyd

11. Hobo’s Lullaby

12. Talking Columbia

13. The Sinking of the Reuben James

14. Jesus Christ

15. Gypsy Davy

16. New York Town

17. Going Down the Road (Feeling Bad)

18. Hard, Ain’t It Hard

19. The Biggest Thing That Man Has Ever Done (The Great Historical Bum)

20. This Land Is Your Land (Standard Version)

21. Jarama Valley

22. Why, Oh Why?

23. I’ve Got to Know

Disc Two

01. Better World A-Comin’

02. When That Great Ship Went Down (The Great Ship)

03. A Dollar Down and a Dollar a Week

04. Talking Centralia

05. 1913 Massacre

06. Dirty Overalls

07. My Daddy (Flies a Ship in the Sky)

08. Worried Man Blues

09. Hangknot, Slipknot

10. Buffalo Skinners

11. Howdi Do

12. Jackhammer John

13. The Ranger’s Command

14. So Long, It’s Been Good to Know You (WWII Version)

15. What Are We Waiting On?

16. Lindbergh

17. Ludlow Massacre

18. Bad Lee Brown (Cocaine Blues)

19. Two Good Men

20. Farmer-Labor Train

21. The Jolly Banker

22. We Shall Be Free

Disc Three

The Los Angeles Recordings

01. I Ain’t Got No Home (In This World Anymore) *

02. Them Big City Ways **

03. Do Re Mi *

04. Skid Row Serenade **

05. Radio Program: The Ballad Gazette With Woody Guthrie

This Land Is Your Land *

What Did the Deep Sea Say? *

Blow Ye Winds*

Trouble on the Waters **

Blow the Man Down *

Normandy Was Her Name **

The Sinking of the Reuben James *

06. BBC: Children’s Hour July 7, 1944

Intro-Wabash Cannonball *

900 Miles *

Stagger Lee *

Pretty Boy Floyd *

07. People’s Songs Hootenanny

Ladies Auxiliary

Weaver’s Life *

08. WNYC Radio Program: Folk Songs of America December 12, 1940

John Hardy *

Jesse James *

Tom Joad *

09. Reckless Talk **

10. All Work Together

11. My Little Seed

12. Goodnight Little Cathy **

*   Previously Unreleased

**    Previously Unreleased Original Song

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