Woody Guthrie
Induction Year: 1977
Birth Name: Woodrow Wilson - Woody Guthrie
Birth Date: July 14, 1912
Place of Birth: Okemah, OK
Deceased: October 03, 1967
Place of Death: Brooklyn, NY
Biography
(from script for opening broadcast of WNEW radio show on 12/3/44) "I hate a song that makes you think you're not any good. I hate a song that makes you think you are just born to lose. Bound to lose. No good to nobody. No good for nothing. Because you are either too old or too young or too fat or too slim or too ugly or too this or too that...Songs that run you down or songs that poke fun of you on account of your bad luck or your hard traveling. I am out to fight these kinds of songs to my very last breath of air and my last drop of blood. I am out to sing songs that will prove to you that this is your world and that if it has hit you pretty hard and knocked you for a dozen loops, no matter how hard it's run you down nor rolled over you, no matter what color, what size you are, how you are built, I am out to sing the songs that make you take pride in yourself and your work. And the songs I sing are made up for the most part by all sorts of folks just about like you."
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Discography / Career Highlights
SONG CATALOG HIGHLIGHTS"So Long, It's Been Good to Know You"
Woody Guthrie 1940
The Weavers 1951 #4 pop
Paul Weston 1951 #21 pop
Ralph Marterie 1951 #26 pop
Ernest Tubb & Red Foley 1951
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott 1957
Pete Seeger 1957
Cisco Houston 1963
Country Joe McDonald 1969
Joe Turner 1976
X 1988
Arlo Guthrie 1991
James Talley 2000
Tom Paxton 2007
"Do-Re-Mi"
Woody Guthrie 1940
Will Geer 1958
Dave "Baby" Cortez 1959
Cisco Houston 1963
Tom Rush 1965
Ry Cooder 1970
Arlo Guthrie 1972
Kay Starr 1973
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott 1976
John Mellencamp 1988
Nanci Griffith 1993
James Talley 2000
Blodwyn Pig 2004
Ralph McTell 2007
"Pretty Boy Floyd"
Woody Guthrie 1940
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott 1957
Pete Seeger 1961
Joan Baez 1962
Tom Rush 1962
Cisco Houston 1963
The Byrds 1968
Country Joe McDonald 1969
Melanie 1973
Christy Moore 1978
Arlo Guthrie 1982
Woodstock Mountain Revue 1987
Bob Dylan 1988
Kinky Friedman 1995
Tim Stafford 2000
James Talley 2000
Ralph McTell 2002
Dana Cooper 2005
Slaid Cleaves 2008
"I Ain’t Got No Home"
Woody Guthrie 1940
Dave "Baby" Cortez 1959
Bob Dylan 1972
Dr. Hook 1976
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott 1976
Bruce Springsteen 1988
Tony Furtado 2000
James Talley 2000
Richard Dobson 2003
Peter Rowan 2005
"Tom Joad"
Woody Guthrie 1940
Dave "Baby" Cortez 1959
Country Joe McDonald 1969
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott 1989
The Samples 2001
"Sinking of the Reuben James"
The Almanac Singers 1941
Woody Guthrie 1944
Will Geer 1958
The Weavers 1960
Johnny Horton 1960
The Highwaymen 1962
The Kingston Trio 1962
Cisco Houston 1963
Chad Mitchell 1964
Pete Seeger 1967
Country Joe McDonald 1969
James Talley 2000
Sweet Fern 2007
"Union Maid"
The Almanac Singers 1941
Woody Guthrie 1945
Pete Seeger 1956
Old Crow Medicine Shoe 2006
"Hard Ain’t it Hard"
The Almanac Singers 1941
The Weavers 1952
Glenn Yarbrough 1957
The Kingston Trio 1958
The Limeliters 1961
Cisco Houston 1963
Eric Weissberg 1963
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott 1964
"Goin’ Down the Road Feelin’ Bad"
(note: Big Bill Broonzy and others also claim this song. It is most often cited as "traditional" and in the public domain)
Woody Guthrie 1943
The Weavers 1957
"Roll On, Columbia"
Woody Guthrie 1943
The Weavers 1963
The Highwaymen 1963
Country Joe McDonald 1969
Judy Collins 1972
James Talley 2000
"Grand Coulee Dam"
Woody Guthrie 1943
Will Geer 1958
Lonnie Donegan 1958 #6 England
Cisco Houston 1963
Bob Dylan 1972
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott 1976
Norman Blake 1988
James Talley 2000
"Pastures of Plenty"
Woody Guthrie 1944
Bob Gibson 1957
Will Geer 1958
The Kingston Trio 1961
The Brothers Four 1961
Flatt & Scruggs 1963
Cisco Houston 1963
Harry Belafonte 1964
Dave Van Ronk 1964
Julie Felix 1965
Country Joe McDonald 1969
Odetta 1972
Tom Paxton 1972
Jesse Colin Young 1972
Holly Near 1983
The Alarm 1988
Dave Evans 1994
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott 1995
John McCutcheon 1997
Peter, Paul & Mary 1999
James Talley 2000
Richard Dobson 2003
Alison Krauss & Union Station 2004
Ralph McTell 2007
Eliza Gilkyson 2008
Jefferson Starship 2008
"This Land Is Your Land"
Woody Guthrie 1944
The Weavers 1957
Harry Belafonte 1957
Glenn Yarbrough 1957
Will Geer 1958
The Country Gentlemen 1959
The Kingston Trio 1961
New Christy Minstrels 1962 #93 pop
Flatt & Scruggs 1962
Ketty Lester 1962 #97 pop
Pete Seeger 1963
Peter, Paul & Mary 1963
Jay & The Americans 1963
Trini Lopez 1963
Percy Faith Orchestra 1964
The Browns 1964
Glen Campbell 1964
Tex Ritter 1966
Johnny Cash 1969
Wanda Jackson 1969
Country Joe McDonald 1969
Tennessee Ernie Ford 1970
Bruce Springsteen 1975
John Williams 1985
Pete Seeger 1988
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott 1989
Bob Dylan 1990
John Hammond Jr. 1990
Lee Greenwood 1992
Mormon Tabernacle Choir 1992
Arlo Guthrie 1994
Boston Pops Orchestsra 1995
Paul Anka 1995
Billy Bragg 1995
Jessi Colter 1996
Oscar Brand 1999
James Talley 2000
Ani DiFranco 2000
Bill & Gloria Gaither 2002
Little Feat 2002
Jimmy Sturr 2002
Everclear 2004
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings 2005
Ronnie McCoury 2007
"Jesus Christ"
Woody Guthrie 1944
Will Geer 1958
Cisco Houston 1963
Arlo Guthrie 1972
U2 1988
Kate Campbell 2006
"Oklahoma Hills"
Jack Guthrie 1945 #1 country
Gene Autry 1946
Bob Wills 1946
Jimmy Wakely 1947
Tex Ritter 1952
Eddy Arnold 1959
T. Texas Tyler 1959
Tommy Collins 1961
Hank Thompson 1961 #7 country
Jim Reeves 1962
Johnny Bond 1962
Ernest Tubb 1964
Chet Atkins 1967
Marvin Rainwater 1968
Country Joe McDonald 1969
Arlo Guthrie 1969
Moe Bandy 1982
Charlie Feathers 1991
James Talley 2000
Mac Wiseman 2001
Vince Gill 2007
"East Texas Red"
Woody Guthrie 1945
Arlo Guthrie 1988
James Talley 2000
Tom Russell 2004
"This Train is Bound For Glory"
(note: Big Bill Broonzy and others also claim this song. It is most often cited as "traditional" and in the public domain)
Woody Guthrie 1945
Arlo Guthrie 1972
Johnny Cash 1979
"Hard Travelin’"
Woody Guthrie 1945
Pete Seeger 1959
The Brothers Four 1960
The Kingston Trio 1961
Lonnie Donegan 1961
Flatt & Scruggs 1963
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott 1986
"Vigilante Man"
Woody Gurthie 1946
Will Geer 1958
Dave "Baby" Cortez 1959
Ry Cooder 1971
Nazareth 1973
Bruce Springsteen 1988
Hindu Love Gods 1990
James Talley 2000
Joe Perry 2005
John Doe 2006
Ralph McTell 2007
Kevin Welch 2008
"Deportees"
Woody Guthrie 1948
The Kingston Trio 1963
Cisco Houston 1963
Judy Collins 1963
The Byrds 1969
Arlo Guthrie 1974
Larry Rice 1985
Sweet Honey in the Rock 1986
Peter, Paul & Mary 1995
The Dillards 1999
James Talley 2000
Billy Bragg 2006
"Philadelphia Lawyer"
Maddox Brothers & Rose 1951
Wilma Lee Cooper 1959
Tennessee Ernie Ford 1960
Rose Maddox 1960
Flatt & Scruggs 1962
Country Gentlemen 1962
Cisco Houston 1963
The Sir Douglas Quintet 1965
J.D. Crowe 1968
Bonnie Owens 1969
Willie Nelson 1988
The Seldom Scene 1994
"Curly Headed Baby"
Cisco Houston 1963
Pete Seeger 1972