Woody Guthrie: Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Class of 1988

His life and career in links.

Rock Hall Bio:

http://rockhall.com/inductees/woody-guthrie/bio/

Official Site:

http://woodyguthrie.org/

His father was a Klansman that participated in a lynching. His mother suffered from dementia as a result of Huntington’s Disease. The disease later killed him.

In the 1930s, he began traveling with economic refugees migrating to California. He settled with radicals.

This Land is Your Land (1940):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxiMrvDbq3s

Billy the Kid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVGpNRAErlc

Pretty Boy Floyd:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4YKUJZI5Bg

Dustbowl Blues:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQYKJaWuj0Y

Tom Joad:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKWGAGPy_kw

Roll On Columbia:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUoh2QSjXAw

House of the Rising Sun:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQD1fRcRFO8

Bob Dylan visited Guthrie in the hospital to meet his idol. Guthrie died on October 3, 1967. His Dust Bowl Ballads remain some of the most important work in music history.

The Animals:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmdPQp6Jcdk&feature=related

All-Star Tribute:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHqOl7v4Axg