Guthrie, Woody, 1912-1967

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Dates:
Birth 1912-07-14
Death 1967-10-03
Birth 1912
Death 1967
Americans
English

Biographical notes:

Woody Guthrie, American folk singer, born in Okemah, Oklahoma in 1912 and raised in Texas, moved to California during the Depression, where he met actor and activist Will Geer and toured migrant labor camps documenting conditions and injustices in the camps for The Light newspaper. He also performed on Los Angeles radio KFVD-LA, singing old-time ballads, some of which he updated with lyrics about contemporary issues. Alan Lomax, assistant in charge of the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress, first heard Woody Guthrie at a concert in New York City in March of 1940, shortly after Guthrie had relocated there.

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Subjects:

  • Children's songs
  • Folk singers
  • Music
  • Music
  • Oregon
  • Political ballads and songs
  • Protest songs
  • Songbooks
  • Songs, English
  • Music

Occupations:

  • Arrangers
  • Composers

Places:

  • Oregon (as recorded)
  • Columbia River (as recorded)
  • Columbia River (as recorded)

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