Happy 100th Birthday Woody Guthrie!

 Woody Guthrie at 100 Woody Guthrie was born 100 years ago this Saturday, July 14, 1912. Perhaps the best one-sentence summary of Guthrie’s work came from Bob Dylan. In the documentary No Direction Home, Dylan described when he first heard Woody Guthrie’s music, “You could listen to his songs and actually learn how to live.”

As regular Chimesfreedom readers know, we have been discussing Guthrie’s life and music for several months in anticipation of his centennial birthday. Check out some of the most recent posts about Guthrie below and watch for more upcoming posts the rest of the year too. Happy birthday Woody.

  • Tell Me, What Were Their Names?
  • The Killing of “Two Good Men”
  • Woody Guthrie’s “Peace Call”
  • This Land Is Your Land: The Angry Protest Song That Became an American Standard
  • Woody Guthrie’s “Pretty Boy Floyd” Was About More Than an Outlaw
  • Tom Joad’s Inspiration
  • What is your favorite Woody Guthrie song? Leave your two cents in the comments.

    {Woody at 100 is our continuing series celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the birth of American singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie on July 14, 1912. }

    Author: chimesfreedom

    Editor-in-chief, New York.

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