Woody Guthrie

Rock & Roll Hall of Famer

Category: Early Influence

Inducted: 1988

Inducted by: Neil Young


Songwriters Hall of Fame: 1970

Inducted into Rock Hall Revisited in 1991 (ranked #4 in the Influences - Pre-Rock Era category) .

R.S. Top 500 Songs (?)RankVersion
This Land is Your Land (1951)2292021

Essential Albums (?)WikipediaYouTube
Dust Bowl Ballads (1940)
Ballads From The Dust Bowl (1946)

Essential Songs (?)WikipediaYouTube
Do Re Mi (1940)
Pastures of Plenty (1941)
This Land Is Your Land (1944)
We Shall Be Free (1944)
Will You Miss Me? (1944)

Woody Guthrie @ Wikipedia



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What Bob Dylan was in the 60s, Woody Guthrie was in the 30s and 40s. He is the most important American folk singer in the first half of the 20th century and the man responsible for tuning folk into a political protest move. In doing so, Woody opened the doors for folk singers like Joan Baez, Judy Collins and Pete Seeger, country artists like Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash and Dolly Parton and rock singers like The Band, The Byrds and Bruce Springsteen who have moved to voice their opinions in a foreright manner.

The life Woody lived became as famous as the songs he wrote. Pushed by limitless curiosity about the world, he hit the trail during the Great Depression. Traveling around the Midwest and the West Coast, it was from these trips and the people he met that would shape his songs.

Lastly, Woody's most famous song is "This Land is Your Land" but, it is also his most overrated and overplayed song. I prefer songs like "Roll On Columbia", "I Ain't Got No Home", "Dust Bowl Refugees" and "Do Ri Me".

Thanks so much for your great songs, Woody!

Posted by Andrew on Wednesday, 02/20/2013 @ 13:34pm


What Bob Dylan was in the 60s, Woody Guthrie was in the 30s and 40s. He is the most important American folk singer in the first half of the 20th century and the man responsible for tuning folk into a political protest move. In doing so, Woody opened the doors for folk singers like Joan Baez, Judy Collins and Pete Seeger, country artists like Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash and Dolly Parton and rock singers like The Band, The Byrds and Bruce Springsteen who have moved to voice their opinions in a foreright manner.

The life Woody lived became as famous as the songs he wrote. Pushed by limitless curiosity about the world, he hit the trail during the Great Depression. Traveling around the Midwest and the West Coast, it was from these trips and the people he met that would shape his songs.

Lastly, Woody's most famous song is "This Land is Your Land" but, it is also his most overrated and overplayed song. I prefer songs like "Roll On Columbia", "I Ain't Got No Home", "Dust Bowl Refugees" and "Do Ri Me".

Thanks so much for your great songs, Woody!

Posted by Andrew on Wednesday, 02/20/2013 @ 13:34pm


What Bob Dylan was in the 60s, Woody Guthrie was in the 30s and 40s. He is the most important American folk singer in the first half of the 20th century and the man responsible for tuning folk into a political protest move. In doing so, Woody opened the doors for folk singers like Joan Baez, Judy Collins and Pete Seeger, country artists like Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash and Dolly Parton and rock singers like The Band, The Byrds and Bruce Springsteen who have moved to voice their opinions in a foreright manner.

The life Woody lived became as famous as the songs he wrote. Pushed by limitless curiosity about the world, he hit the trail during the Great Depression. Traveling around the Midwest and the West Coast, it was from these trips and the people he met that would shape his songs.

Lastly, Woody's most famous song is "This Land is Your Land" but, it is also his most overrated and overplayed song. I prefer songs like "Roll On Columbia", "I Ain't Got No Home", "Dust Bowl Refugees" and "Do Ri Me".

Thanks so much for your great songs, Woody!

Posted by Andrew on Wednesday, 02/20/2013 @ 13:35pm


What Bob Dylan was in the 60s, Woody Guthrie was in the 30s and 40s. He is the most important American folk singer in the first half of the 20th century and the man responsible for tuning folk into a political protest move. In doing so, Woody opened the doors for folk singers like Joan Baez, Judy Collins and Pete Seeger, country artists like Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash and Dolly Parton and rock singers like The Band, The Byrds and Bruce Springsteen who have moved to voice their opinions in a foreright manner.

The life Woody lived became as famous as the songs he wrote. Pushed by limitless curiosity about the world, he hit the trail during the Great Depression. Traveling around the Midwest and the West Coast, it was from these trips and the people he met that would shape his songs.

Lastly, Woody's most famous song is "This Land is Your Land" but, it is also his most overrated and overplayed song. I prefer songs like "Roll On Columbia", "I Ain't Got No Home", "Dust Bowl Refugees" and "Do Ri Me".

Thanks so much for your great songs, Woody!

Posted by Andrew on Wednesday, 02/20/2013 @ 13:35pm


What Bob Dylan was in the 60s, Woody Guthrie was in the 30s and 40s. He is the most important American folk singer in the first half of the 20th century and the man responsible for tuning folk into a political protest move. In doing so, Woody opened the doors for folk singers like Joan Baez, Judy Collins and Pete Seeger, country artists like Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash and Dolly Parton and rock singers like The Band, The Byrds and Bruce Springsteen who have moved to voice their opinions in a foreright manner.

The life Woody lived became as famous as the songs he wrote. Pushed by limitless curiosity about the world, he hit the trail during the Great Depression. Traveling around the Midwest and the West Coast, it was from these trips and the people he met that would shape his songs.

Lastly, Woody's most famous song is "This Land is Your Land" but, it is also his most overrated and overplayed song. I prefer songs like "Roll On Columbia", "I Ain't Got No Home", "Dust Bowl Refugees" and "Do Ri Me".

Thanks so much for your great songs, Woody!

Posted by Andrew on Wednesday, 02/20/2013 @ 13:35pm


alright andrew, calm down.

Posted by GFW on Wednesday, 02/20/2013 @ 13:48pm


GFW,

You're right, I did get a little ahead of myself with my comments on Woody Guthrie, but I'll try not to hit the submit comment several times.

Thanks!

Posted by Andrew on Thursday, 02/21/2013 @ 12:22pm


That second album listed in the Essential Albums section, Ballads from the Dust Bowl, with a listed release year of 1946 does not exist. There is only Dust Bowl Ballads. You should remove it.

Posted by Jamie Eddy on Wednesday, 01/4/2023 @ 04:00am


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