GUTHRIE, WOODY [OK]
HOMEBASE: Oklahoma
Stats: July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967
Misc Notes: Woody Guthrie was a Dust Bowl refugee from Oklahoma, a wandering troubadour whose classic tunes like "This Land Is Your Land," "Hard Travelin’," and "Oklahoma Hills" have become staples in the folk music canon. Guthrie loved the Pacific Northwest, sang and played his guitar on Seattle streets, and in 1941 he recorded a handful of brand-new songs inspired by this region -- including "Roll On Columbia, Roll On," "Washington Talkin’ Blues," "Way Up In That Northwest," "Portland Town," "Talkin’ Columbia Blues," "Columbia Waters," and "The Grand Coulee Dam" -- in Portland, Oregon [READ MORE...].
MISC NOTES: In February 2018 it was reported that the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress had received a donation: "ten 12-inch instantaneous discs. They had been obtained in a Portland, Oregon, estate sale by a local record collector. They appear to be recordings of Woodrow Wilson Guthrie singing such classics as 'Pastures of Plenty,' 'Roll on Columbia,' 'Columbia Talking Blues,' and seven others." [READ MORE...]
LOCATION: Portland, OR.
RECORDING PERSONNEL: Woody Guthrie (guitar, vocals)
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FORMAT: disc
SIZE: 12"
SPEED: 72 rpm
DISC NOTES: acetate