 | Hard Travelin': The Life and Legacy of Woody Guthrie (American Music Masters) |
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"[An] excellent collection . . . Undergraduates and general readers will enjoy and benefit from the balance of personal and academic commentaries. Specialists will particularly appreciate Guy Logsdon's extensive bibliography and discography." --Choice
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"Woody had faults, but he was also an extraordinarily thoughtful and original talent. He had the genius of simplicity. When I first heard 'This Land Is Your Land' I didn't perceieve how famous it would become. I thought to myself, 'That song is just too simple.' I actually believed it was one of Woody's lesser efforts. Shows you how wrong you can be . . . My guess is that if Woody stayed healthy, over the years he would have made up maybe twenty versions of 'So Long' because of its great chorus. He might have had a Dustbowl version, a Joe McCarthy version, a Civil Rights version, a Vietnam version. He might even have had a Romald Reagan or a Bill Clinton version. Who knows?" (Pete Seeger )
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