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Woody Guthrie Centennial 1912-2012
in Tulsa:
there’s museum exhibit, (Gilcrease)
and a concert (Brady)
Arlo Guthrie, John Mellencamp, lots of others on
Saturday, March 10some links:
http://gilcrease.utulsa.edu/Explore/Exhibits/Future-Exhibits/Guthrie
http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/article.aspx?subjectid=272&articleid=20120205_272_D1_CUTLIN367987
http://bradytheater.com/
(click on events)John Mellencamp, did someone say “John Mellencamp?” Woody is one of his heroes with JM receiving the “Woody Guthrie Award” in 2003. http://www.billboard.com/news/mellencamp-to-receive-guthrie-honor-1952994.story#/news/mellencamp-to-receive-guthrie-honor-1952994.story
Are you going, coffee? I’ve decided against it, would be great, but it’s a little far and the tickets are more than what I want to budget at the moment.
yes, i got some tickets. they were 90 each, not bad.
the museum exhibit should be good, but if its far, the hotels and meals and travel add up fast.
there will eventually be a Woody G museum in Tulsa after the centennial tour ends, so maybe you can see the exhibit later on anyway.John always said his music, when he wrote it, was nothing more than a folk song. I’m sure Woody’s influence was behind this train of thought. His first rock folk breakout song that falls along this vein is “Jackie Brown.”
http://www.vevo.com/watch/john-mellencamp/jackie-brown/USVAB0400003
John Mellencamp cites Woody Guthrie as major influence
http://newsok.com/john-mellencamp-cites-woody-guthrie-as-major-influence/article/3653770
A great cover of “Do Re Mi” by JM and his band from the “Lonesome Jubilee” days (late 80’s )with some thoughts on Woody.
Jackson Browne has been added to the March 10 blowout tribute concert to folk hero Woody Guthrie at Brady Theater, 105 W. Brady St.
Browne joins Guthrie’s son Arlo Guthrie and John Mellencamp, Rosanne Cash, Del McCoury Band, The Flaming Lips, Old Crow Medicine Show, Hanson, Tim O’Brien and Jimmy LaFave for the “This Land Is Your Land: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Celebration Concert.”
The singer-songwriter has sold more than 17 million albums in the United States, and he’s written hits that include “Running On Empty,” “Lawyers in Love,” “Doctor My Eyes,” “Somebody’s Baby” and more. He is a 2004 inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The concert is all-ages. Tickets are $45-$250, plus fees, and available at Reasor’s locations, Starship and Buy for Less; by calling 866-977-6849; or online at tulsaworld.com/brady Doors open 6:30 p.m., show time is 7:30 p.m.
Plus, read Sunday’s Tulsa World for more interviews, history and background on the influential folk singer and songwriter from Okemah. This year would have been his 100th birthday. He died in 1967.
http://www.tulsaworld.com/specialprojects/scene/woody_guthrie/default.aspx
i hope this works and not just for subscribers…
last night’s show was supercalifragilisticexpealodociously great!
if you can get to the ones in LA or NY, don’t ya DARE miss it!article:
http://www.tulsaworld.com/specialprojects/scene/woody_guthrie/article.aspx?subjectid=697&articleid=20120310_697_0_TheThi607144
pictures
http://www.tulsaworld.com/multimedia/slideshow.aspx/Woody_Guthrie_Centennial_Concert/574http://www.woody100.com/calendar.htm
http://www.woody100.com/newreleases.htm
@coffee4throad wrote:
Mellencamp did a nice set.
here’s a snippet of Woody’s Do Re Mi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TPmRT-c7mI&feature=relatedHe really enjoyed playing that show from the reports I read.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/jul/10/woody-guthrie-novel-johnny-depp
Woody Guthrie novel to be published … with help from Johnny Depp
House of Earth, thought to have languished for years in a closet, is said to be influenced by Steinbeck’s The Grapes of WrathA novel by folk singer Woody Guthrie will be published next year, with help from Johnny Depp. House of Earth, which Guthrie finished in 1947 but never released, is being edited by Depp and author Douglas Brinkley.
Depp and Brinkley revealed their plans in a new essay for the New York Times Book Review. House of Earth is Guthrie’s only “fully realised” novel, they said, influenced by his experiences in America’s Dust Bowl, as well as John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath. Tracing the story of Tike and Ella May Hamlin, “hardscrabble farmers” in Texas, it is a “searing portrait of the Panhandle and its marginalised Great Depression residents”. Despite a slightly esoteric focus on the importance of adobe housing, House of Earth also includes graphic sex, including “a scorching lovemaking scene on a hay bale”.
At the time of its writing, Guthrie apparently shared House of Earth’s first chapter with musicologist Alan Lomax, who called it “quite simply the best material I’d ever seen written about that section of the country”. But Guthrie only showed the finished manuscript to one person, film-maker Irving Lerner, and it languished for decades in a Coney Island closet. After learning of its existence in the late 90s, Brinkley finally tracked down the manuscript last year, with help from Guthrie’s daughter, Nora.
Since then, Brinkley has teamed up with Depp, whom he met via Hunter S Thompson. The pair previously worked together on soundtrack liner notes for Gonzo, a documentary about their notorious mutual friend. They recently presented House of Earth to Bob Dylan; the singer was reportedly “bowled over” and “surprised by the genius [of the prose]”.
Born in 1912, Guthrie was one of America’s most important folk singers and a principal influence for songwriters such as Dylan, Pete Seeger and Bruce Springsteen. He is best known for his song This Land Is Your Land, as well as compositions such as Pastures of Plenty, 1913 Massacre and Do Re Mi.
House of Earth will be issued by a “major New York publisher” next spring.
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