Hey friends!
NEW RELEASE OUT TODAY!
MY NAME IS NEW YORK
Ramblin' Around Woody Guthrie's Town Deluxe 3-CD Audio Book September 23, 2014
WOODY GUTHRIE first arrived in New York City on February 16,
1940. Although he continued to ramble, New York was the city he called home
and always returned to. Written & narrated by Woody's daughter NORA GUTHRIE, this 3-CD
set tells the story of Woody's 27 years living here.
NOW you can hear these stories told by those who knew him
best!
Music partners PETE
SEEGER, RAMBLIN' JACK ELLIOTT, SONNY TERRY, and BESS LOMAX HAWES, Woody's
first wife MARY GUTHRIE,
Woody's merchant marine buddy JIMMY
LONGHI, BOB
DYLAN, Woody's second wife MARJORIE GUTHRIE, son ARLO GUTHRIE and many
others share their memories of living and working with Woody Guthrie.
Many of Woody's most popular songs were written in
apartments, lofts, and other locations around New York Town: Jesus Christ, Vigilante Man, Hard Travelin', Tom Joad, The Sinking of the Reuben James,
All You Fascists Bound to
Lose, 1913
Massacre, and This
Land Is Your Land are among the more than 600 songs he composed
in The Big Apple. This historic New York City tale highlights 19 significant
locations, providing an expansive yet intimate portrait of Woody Guthrie's
NYC life.
Produced by Grammy Award winners STEVE ROSENTHAL and NORA GUTHRIE, and
journalist MICHAEL KLEFF,
the 3-CD package also includes 6 previously unreleased songs from the
archives;
The New York
Trains (The Del McCoury Band), My
New York City (Mike + Ruthy), Union
Air In Union Square (Lowry Hamner), Woody's Beatitudes (Reverend Billy and the
Stop Shopping Gospel Choir), Go
Coney Island, Roll On the Sand (Demolition String Band with
Stephan Said) and the title track My
Name Is New York (Woody Guthrie).
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By Ray Beckerman
Man's inhumanity to man and other living things threatens the whole human experiment. Let's fight it, and try to build a future.
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
NEW RELEASE out today from Woody Guthrie Foundation! "My Name Is New York: Deluxe 3-CD Audio Book"
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