In 1941, Woody Guthrie was a little-known songwriter from Oklahoma already gaining a reputation for his powerful songs about working people's lives and struggles. The Bonneville Power Administration, a U.S. government agency, was looking for someone to write songs for a documentary movie they wanted to make to promote their work bringing cheap public power to the people of the Northwest. They ended up hiring Woody - and one of the most extraordinary examples of public patronage of the arts in music history unfolded. Now, for the first time, all 26 songs, collected and edited by Bill Murlin, are included in one book, with commentary by Pete Seeger, Alan Lomax, Hobe Kytr, Arlo Guthrie, Mary Guthrie Boyle, and Woody himself. 96 pages.
Song List: Ballad Of Great Grand (W.Guthrie Ballad Of Jackhammer Joh(Guthrie Biggest Thing That Man(W.Guthrie Columbia Talkin' Blues(W.Guthrie Columbia Waters (Woody Guthrie) Eleckatricity And All Grand Coulee Powder Monk(Guthrie Guys On Grand Coulee Dam(Guthrie Hard Travelin' It Takes A Married Man To Sing A Jackhammer John Lumber Is King (Seeger/W.Guthrie Mile An' A Half From Th' End Of New Found Land (Guthrie W) Oregon Line (Woody Guthrie) Out Past End Of The Line(Guthrie Pastures Of Plenty Portland Town To Klamath(Guthrie Ramblin' Round Rambling Blues Roll Columbia Roll(Woody Guthrie Roll On, Columbia Song Of Grand Coulee Dam(Guthrie Talking Blues Washington Talkin' Blues(Guthrie White Ghost Train (Wds/W.Guthrie
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