March 31, 2018

Struggle: Woody Guthrie

Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40025

Format: CD, Reissue, Album
Country: US
Released: 1990
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
01 Struggle Blues (2:02)
02 A Dollar Down and a Dollar a Week (1:38)
03 Whoopie Ti-Yi-Yo, Get Along Little Dogies (3:02)
04 Hang Knot (2:15)
05 Waiting at the Gate (2:50)
06 The Dying Miner (2:56)
07 Union Burial Ground (3:04)
08 Lost John (2:51)
09 Buffalo Skinners (3:15)
10 Pretty Boy Floyd (3:05)
11 Ludlow Massacre (3:30)
12 1913 Massacre (3:36)
[Credits]
Woody Guthrie (guitar/harmonica/vocals) Cisco Houston (guitar/vocals) Sonny Terry (harmonica)
Recorder & Producer: Moses Asch, Designer: Ronald Clyne, Cover Artwork: David Stone Martin, Liner Notes: Anthony Seeger
[Notes]
This document of Guthrie's dedication to working class Americans, recorded in the '40s with Cisco Houston and Sonny Terry, contains gritty classics like 1913 Massacre and Pretty Boy Floyd. A superbly remastered and annotated treasure which includes lyrics. "Raw, gut wrenching protest songs of toil, turmoil and the American worker. His charismatic style gets back to the roots of folk and the voice of the people." — The Patriot Ledger

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