One of the towering fingers in modern American folk, the extent of Woody Guthrie's songbook has often been the subject of great scrutiny.

“A Complete Unknown” portrays Woody Guthrie, dying in his bed of Huntington’s disease, as a bedrock of authenticity as well ...

folk music legend Woody Guthrie and the influence the political firebrand had on Dylan's own songwriting. Much like Dylan after him, Woody Guthrie's songwriting was highly politically charged ...

Woody Guthrie for Folk Awards Hall of Fame Singer ... Donegan’s interpretations of American folk music boosted its popularity on both sides of the Atlantic. Woody wrote this song about Charles ...

Guthrie died from complications ... he had a major impact on American popular music in the second half of the 20th century and the rise of the folk movement, influencing such artists as Joan ...

You may have heard about it in a song. The bodies in that DC-3 were ... that angered a man who had once been a migrant worker, Woody Guthrie. Guthrie was living in New York at the time, and ...

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He would go on to popularize many songs in the American Songbook ... at the hospital bedside his hero Woody Guthrie, one of America’s most influential folk musicians and songwriters.

It wasn't just that he contributed his tenor (and banjo picking) to two seminal folk groups — the Almanac Singers (with Woody Guthrie ... Arlo Guthrie noted the song's success, adding, "I ...