Rather, they posit varied perspectives on Woody Guthrie much as he depicted himself ... mirroring Woody's finely-honed intellect.) Like the greatest works by or about any genuine icon, Songs and ...

The greatest fear is that ... songs about prostitutes, or Jewish songs. And I was thrilled to have that in there, because that felt like the Woody Guthrie I'd like to imagine or invent if it ...

This easy-going song is one of Guthrie’s most well-known songs. Originally, the song was recorded by Leadbelly but Guthrie made it a hit. 3. “My Daddy (Flies A Ship In The Sky)” In “My ...

A long-held tenet of the Woody Guthrie story is that America’s greatest folk singer and songwriter ... are helping to shift that view. The songs have surfaced for the first time on “Woody ...

written by America’s greatest folk troubadour. It’s long been known that Woody Guthrie wrote the song in 1940 as his reaction to -- and dissatisfaction with -- Irving Berlin’s “God Bless ...

Editor’s Note: Woody Guthrie would have turned 110 today. To honor the legendary songwriter, we look back on his little-known history as a writer of Hanukkah songs. For 20 years, I was a pop ...

But now the greatest wonder is in Uncle Sam ... Miller: Greg Vandy is the author of 26 songs in 30 days, Woody Guthrie’s Columbia River songs and the planned promised land in the Pacific ...

"Woody wrote some of the greatest songs about America’s struggle to live up its ideals in convincing fashion," Springsteen said in a statement Tuesday. The New Jersey rocker called Guthrie ...

You hear about Guthrie's songs during World War II that were ... And it takes you to Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn to the site of Woody's greatest tragedy — the death of his 4-year-old daughter ...