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Struggle

Woody Guthrie

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Format: CD

Cat No: SFW40025

Release Date:  27 July 2018

Label:  Smithsonian Folkways

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  093074002520

Genres:  Folk  

Release Date:  27 July 2018

Label:  Smithsonian Folkways

Packaging Type:  Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  093070248519

Genres:  Folk  

  • Description

    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.

    Description

    Vinyl LP pressing. This recording, first released by Folkways founder Moses Asch in 1976 to coincide with the celebration of America's Bicentennial, was originally recorded by Asch in the 1940s. The collection captures Woody Guthrie at his artistic best with gritty songs about the struggles of the American worker ("Waiting at the Gate," "The Dying Miner"), unions ("Ludlow Massacre," "1913 Massacre"), and an ode to a bad man ("Pretty Boy Floyd"). Blues harmonicist Sonny Terry sits in with Guthrie on "Lost John," and fellow traveling companion and folksinger Cisco Houston contributes his voice, guitar, and a song ("Get Along Little Doggie").

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Struggle Blues
      • 2. A Dollar Down
      • 3. Get Along Little Doggies
      • 4. Hang Knot
      • 5. Waiting At The Gate
      • 6. The Dying Miner
      • 7. Union Burying Ground
      • 8. Lost John
      • 9. Buffalo Skinners
      • 10. Pretty Boy Floyd
      • 11. Ludlow Massacre
      • 12. 1913 Massacre