Woody Guthrie is the original folk hero. It was Guthrie who, in the Thirties and Forties, transformed the folk ballad into a vehicle for social protest and observation. In so doing, he paved the way for Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and a host of other folk and rock songwriters who have been moved by conscience to share experiences and voice opinions in a forthright manner. Guthrie wrote literally hundreds of songs, including such revered classics as "So Long, It's Been Good To Know You," "Grand Coulee Dam," "I Ain't Got No Home" and "Dust Bowl Refugees." all included on this 99 track 4 CD set.
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"An excellent introduction to the work of a man who was hugely influential to all those who came after him."
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Some Folk - Guthrie, Woody
Disc 1
1. Lost Train Blues
2. Railroad Blues
3. Old Joe Clark/Beaumont Rag
4. Greenback Dollar
5. Boll Weevil Song
6. So Long It's Been Good to Know You
7. Talking Dust Bowl Blues
8. Do-Re-Mi
9. Hard Times
10. Pretty Boy Floyd
11. They Laid Jesus Christ In His Grave
12. Jolly Banker
13. I Ain't Got No Home
14. Dirty Overalls
15. Chain Around My Leg
16. Worried Man Blues
17. Goin' Down That Road Feeling Bad
18. Dust Storm Disaster
19. Foggy Mountain Top
20. Dust Pneumonia Blues
21. California Blues
22. Dust Bowl Refugee
23. Will Rogers Highway
24. Los Angeles New Year's Flood
Disc 2
1. The Great Dust Storm
2. Talkin' Dust Bowl Blues
3. Pretty Boy Floyd
4. Dusty Old Dust
5. Dust Bowl Blues
6. Blowin' Down this Road
7. Tom Joad Part 1
8. Tom Joad Part 2
9. Do Re Mi
10. Dust Bowl Refugee
11. I Ain't Got No Home
12. Vigilante Man
13. Dust Can't Kill Me
14. Dust Pneumonia Blues
15. Oregon Trail
16. Roll On Columbia
17. New Found Land
18. Talking Columbia
19. Roll Columbia Roll
20. Columbia's Waters
21. Ramblin' Blues
22. It Takes A Married Man To Sing A Worried Song
23. Hard Travelin'
24. The Biggest Thing That Man Has Ever Done
25. Grand Coulee Dam
Disc 3
1. Song Of The Coulee Dam
2. Jackhammer Blues
3. Washington Talkin' Blues
4. Ramblin' Round
5. Pastures Of Plenty
6. The Biggest Thing Man Has Ever Done
7. End Of The Line
8. I Ride An Old Paint
9. House Of The Rising Sun
10. Hard Ain't It Hard
11. The Dodger Song
12. Ida Red
13. Muleskinner Blues
14. What Are We Waiting On
15. Ship In the Sky
16. The Biggest Thing Man Has Ever Done
17. Talking Sailor (Talking Merchant Marine)
18. New York Town
19. Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet
20. Chisolm Trail
21. Sowing On The Mountain
22. Sally Don't You Grieve
23. Philadelphia Lawyer
24. Little Darling (At My Window Sad And Lonely)
25. Baltimore To Washington
Disc 4
1. Bed On The Floor
2. Dead Or Alive (Poor Lazarus)
3. Billy The Kid
4. Stackolee
5. Take A Whiff On Me
6. Buffalo Gals
7. Ride Around Little Doggies (I Ride An Old Paint)
8. Talking Fish Blues
9. Jesse James
10. Sinking Of The Reuben James
11. When The Great Ship Went Down
12. Stepstone
13. Hobo's Lullaby
14. Slipknot (Hangknot Slipknot)
15. Sinking Of The Reuben James
16. When the Yanks Go Marching In
17. Keep My Skillet Good And Greasy
18. Little Black Train
19. Gypsy Davy
20. Cowboy Waltz
21. 1913 Massacre
22. Ludlow Massacre
23. Ramblin' Round
24. When the Curfew Blows
25. New Found Land
Disc 5
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