Woody Guthrie was born in Okemah, Oklahoma in 1912 and went on to write hundreds of folk and protest songs. Early in his life he went through many hardships including the loss of his eldest sister Clara. In 1930 is mother died of Huntington's disease. Woody moved to Pampa, Texas in 1931 and lived there until the Dust Bowl, when he traveled to Los Angeles, California and got a job on KFVD Radio. By the end of the 1930's Woody had embraced communism eventhough he was not given membership because he refused to abandon religion. In the early 1940's Woody moved to New York where he meet a lifetime friend Pete Seeger. He formed a band with Seeger called the Almanac singers. The Almanac singers wrote songs protesting World War 2 and Fascism. Woody wrote an autobiography titled Bound for Glory in 1943.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Artist- Woody Guthrie
Woody Guthrie was born in Okemah, Oklahoma in 1912 and went on to write hundreds of folk and protest songs. Early in his life he went through many hardships including the loss of his eldest sister Clara. In 1930 is mother died of Huntington's disease. Woody moved to Pampa, Texas in 1931 and lived there until the Dust Bowl, when he traveled to Los Angeles, California and got a job on KFVD Radio. By the end of the 1930's Woody had embraced communism eventhough he was not given membership because he refused to abandon religion. In the early 1940's Woody moved to New York where he meet a lifetime friend Pete Seeger. He formed a band with Seeger called the Almanac singers. The Almanac singers wrote songs protesting World War 2 and Fascism. Woody wrote an autobiography titled Bound for Glory in 1943.
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