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Woody Guthrie
voc, g, 1912-1967 US, Okemah, Oklahoma
Singer / Musician / Songwriter of Folk and World
A.k.a. Woodrow Wilson Guthrie
Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie (/ˈɡʌθri/; July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967) was an American singer-songwriter and musician whose musical legacy includes hundreds of political, traditional and children's songs, ballads and improvised works. He frequently performed with the slogan This machine kills fascists displayed on his guitar. His best-known song is "This Land Is Your Land". Many of his recorded songs are archived in the Library of Congress. Songwriters such as Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Johnny Cash, Bruce Springsteen, Robert Hunter, Harry Chapin, John Mellencamp, Pete Seeger, Andy Irvine, Joe Strummer, Billy Bragg, Jerry Garcia, Jay Farrar, Bob Weir, Jeff Tweedy, Bob Childers and Tom Paxton have acknowledged Guthrie as a major influence.
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| The Almanac Singers |
Popular Tracks 
This Land is Your Land on This Land is Your Land: The Asch Recordings, Vol. 1 by Woody Guthrie Tear The Facists Down on My Dusty Road by Woody Guthrie Hard Traveling on Hard Travelin': The Asch Recordings, Vol. 3 by Woody Guthrie Hobo's Lullaby on This Land is Your Land: The Asch Recordings, Vol. 1 by Woody Guthrie I Ain't Got No Home In This World Anymore on Dust Bowl Ballads by Woody Guthrie Pastures Of Plenty on Columbia River Collection by Woody Guthrie My Daddy (Flies A Ship In The Sky) on My Dusty Road by Woody Guthrie This Land Is Your Land on My Dusty Road by Woody Guthrie Riding in my car (Car song) on Nursery Days by Woody Guthrie Little Black Train on Poor Boy by Woody GuthrieTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| I Saw A Sign, 1940-1947 Recordings | Woody Guthrie | 2018 | Compil. |
| Man Of The People | Woody Guthrie | 2018 | Album |
| Dust Bowl Ballads Sung By Woody Guthrie | Woody Guthrie | 2016 | Compil. |
| American Folk Legend | Woody Guthrie | 2016 | Compil. |
| Dust Bowl Troubadour | Woody Guthrie | 2016 | Compil. |
| Dust Bowl Ballads Sung By Woody Guthrie | Woody Guthrie | 2014 | Compil. |
| America's Folk Idol No. 1 | Woody Guthrie | 2014 | Compil. |
| The Singer And The Song | Woody Guthrie Vs Ramblin' Jack Elliott | 2014 | Compil. |
| My Name Is New York: Ramblin' Around Woody Guthrie's Town | Woody Guthrie | 2014 | Album |
| American Radical Patriot | Woody Guthrie | 2013 | Album |
| The Very Best Of Woody Guthrie | Woody Guthrie | 2013 | Compil. |
| Woody Guthrie | Woody Guthrie | 2012 | Compil. |
| 100th Anniversary Collection | Woody Guthrie | 2012 | Compil. |
| Bound For Glory | Woody Guthrie | 2012 | Compil. |
| Selections From Woody At 100 | Woody Guthrie | 2012 | Compil. |
| Woody At 100 (The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection) | Woody Guthrie | 2012 | Compil. |
| This Machine Kills Fascists | Woody Guthrie | 2011 | Compil. |
| This Land Is Your Land | Woody Guthrie | 2011 | Compil. |
| My Dusty Road Woody, Cisco And Sonny | Woody Guthrie | 2009 | Album |
| My Dusty Road Woody's Roots | Woody Guthrie | 2009 | Album |
| My Dusty Road/ Woody The Agitator | Woody Guthrie | 2009 | Album |
| My Dusty Road | Woody Guthrie | 2009 | Album |
| My Dusty Road Woody's Greatest Hits | Woody Guthrie | 2009 | Album |
| My Dusty Road | Woody Guthrie | 2009 | Compil. |
| The Original Folkways Recordings | Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly Featuring Cisco Houston, Sonny Terry, Josh White | 2009 | Compil. |
| Troubadour | Woody Guthrie | 2008 | Compil. |
| The Musican Grandfather & Father Of Bob Dylan | Woody Guthrie, Ramblin' Jack Elliott | 2008 | Compil. |
| Original Folk - The Best Of Woody Guthrie | Woody Guthrie | 2008 | Compil. |
| The Beginning | Woody Guthrie | 2007 | Album |
| The Ultimate Collection | Woody Guthrie | 2007 | Compil. |
| The Live Wire: Woody Guthrie In Performance 1949 | Woody Guthrie | 2007 | Album |
| Dust Can't Kill Me | Woody Guthrie | 2007 | Compil. |
| Hard Travelin' Man | Woody Guthrie | 2007 | Compil. |
| Some Folk | Woody Guthrie | 2006 | Compil. |
| Woody Guthrie | Woody Guthrie | 2006 | Compil. |
| Woody Guthrie | Woody Guthrie | 2006 | Compil. |
| The First Rays Of The Protest In The Twentieth Century | Woody Guthrie / Pete Seeger | 2006 | Compil. |
| Old Time Religion | Woody Guthrie | 2006 | Compil. |
| Vigilante Man | Woody Guthrie | 2006 | Compil. |
| This Land Is Your Land | Woody Guthrie | 2006 | Compil. |
| Woody Guthrie - The Folk Collection | Woody Guthrie | 2006 | Album |
| This Land Is Your Land. The Original Dust Bowl Ballads And Other Folksongs | Woody Guthrie | 2006 | Compil. |
| Dust Bowl Balladeer: The Essential Woody Guthrie | Woody Guthrie | 2006 | Album |
| Great Dust Storm | Woody Guthrie | 2006 | Compil. |
| Best Of Woody Guthrie | Woody Guthrie | 2006 | Compil. |
| This Land Is Your Land | Woody Guthrie | 2005 | Compil. |
| This Machine Kills Fascists | Woody Guthrie | 2005 | Compil. |
| Woody Guthrie | Woody Guthrie | 2005 | Compil. |
| This Machine Kills Fascists | Woody Guthrie | 2005 | Single |
| Pastures Of Plenty - Original Recordings 1940-1947 | Woody Guthrie | 2004 | Compil. |
| A Long Hard Road | Woody Guthrie | 2004 | Compil. |
| A Proper Introduction To Woody Guthrie | Woody Guthrie | 2004 | Compil. |
| Follways Revisited | Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly | 2003 | Compil. |
| Folk Singer | Woody Guthrie | 2003 | Compil. |
| The Best Of The War Years | Woody Guthrie | 2003 | Compil. |
| Country & Folk Roots | Woody Guthrie | 2003 | Compil. |
| Dejavu Retro Gold Collection | Woody Guthrie | 2002 | Compil. |
| American Folk Songs | Woody Guthrie & Pete Seeger | 2002 | Compil. |
| The Ultimate Collection. 51 Gound Breaking Recordings (Pastures Of Plenty/Hard Travellin') | Woody Guthrie | 2002 | Compil. |
| Hard Travellin' | Woody Guthrie | 2002 | Compil. |
| The Legendary Woody Guthrie | Woody Guthrie | 2002 | Compil. |
| Hard Luck Blues | Woody Guthrie | 2001 | Compil. |
| House Of The Rising Sun | Woody Guthrie | 2001 | Album |
| The Woody Guthrie Collection | Woody Guthrie | 2000 | Album |
| 900 Miles | Woody Guthrie | 2000 | Compil. |
| The Early Years | Woody Guthrie | 2000 | Compil. |
| American Folk Legend | Woody Guthrie | 2000 | Compil. |
| Ramblin' Round | Woody Guthrie | 2000 | Compil. |
| Buffalo Skinners (The Asch Recordings, Vol. 4) | Woody Guthrie | 1999 | Compil. |
| The Woody Guthrie Story | Woody Guthrie | 1999 | Compil. |
| The Asch Recordings Vols. 1-4 | Woody Guthrie | 1999 | Compil. |
| This Machine Kills Fascists | Woody Guthrie | 1999 | Compil. |
| Pastures Of Plenty | Woody Guthrie | 1998 | Compil. |
| Hard Travelin' - The Asch Recordings, Vol.3 | Woody Guthrie | 1998 | Compil. |
| The Early Years - Legendary Historical Recordings | Woody Guthrie | 1998 | Album |
| Pastures Of Plenty | Woody Guthrie | 1998 | Compil. |
| This Land Is Your Land | Woody Guthrie, Arlo Guthrie | 1997 | Album |
| This Land Is Your Land: The Asch Recordings, Vol. 1 | Woody Guthrie | 1997 | Compil. |
| Muleskinner Blues: The Asch Recordings, Vol. 2 | Woody Guthrie | 1997 | Compil. |
| Early Masters | Woody Guthrie | 1996 | Compil. |
| Members Edition | Woody Guthrie | 1996 | Compil. |
| Songs Of The Lincoln Brigade & International Brigades And Southern Mountain Hoedown | Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston, Sonny Terry, Pete Seeger, Bess Lomax, Butch Hawes, Ernst Busch | 1995 | Album |
| The Stinson Collectors Series, Volumes 1 & 2 | Woody Guthrie & Cisco Houston | 1995 | Compil. |
| Woody Guthrie | Woody Guthrie | 1995 | Compil. |
| Long Ways To Travel: The Unreleased Folkways Masters, 1944-1949 | Woody Guthrie | 1994 | Compil. |
| Nursery Days | Woody Guthrie | 1992 | Compil. |
| The Very Best Of Woody Guthrie | Woody Guthrie | 1992 | Album |
| Woody's 20 Grow Big Songs | Woody Guthrie & Arlo Guthrie And The Guthrie Family | 1992 | Album |
| Worried Man Blues | Woody Guthrie | 1991 | Album |
| Ramblin' Blues / Talkin' Columbia Blues | Woody Guthrie | 1991 | Album |
| Worried Man Blues | Woody Guthrie | 1991 | Compil. |
| Woody Guthrie | Woody Guthrie | 1990 | Album |
| Worried Man Blues | Woody Guthrie | 1990 | Compil. |
| The Woody Guthrie Story | Woody Guthrie | 1990 | Album |
| 16 Great Songs | Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger | 1990 | Compil. |
| Folkways: A vision revisited | Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger | 1989 | Album |
| Sings Folk Songs | Woody Guthrie With Leadbelly, Cisco Houston, Sonny Terry And Bess Hawes | 1989 | Album |
| The Woody Guthrie Collection (20 Golden Greats) | Woody Guthrie | 1988 | Compil. |
| Columbia River Collection | Woody Guthrie | 1987 | Album |
| Good Mornin' Blues (Early Leadbelly 1935-1940) | Leadbelly Narrated By: Woody Guthrie | 1987 | Compil. |
| Why, Oh Why? | Woody Guthrie | 1985 | Album |
| Woody Guthrie Vol. 2 | Woody Guthrie With Cisco Houston And Sonny Terry | 1982 | Album |
| Historia Del Folk & Blues Volumen 3 | Cisco Houston & Woody Guthrie | 1982 | Compil. |
| Woody Guthrie Vol. 1 | Woody Guthrie with Cisco Houston and Sonny Terry | 1982 | Album |
| Folk Music Radio | Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Burl Ives, Josh White | 1982 | Compil. |
| Jazz & Blues Vol. 18 - "In Memoriam" | Woody Guthrie | 1982 | Album |
| Equilibrium (The National Audubon Society's Album Of Songs Of Nature And Humanity) | Dave Laing • Tom Wisner • Pete Seeger • Woody Guthrie | 1980 | Album |
| Ballate, Canti Di Lavoro, Talking-Blues, Canzoni. Songs, Ballads & Work-Song 2 | Woody Guthrie | 1979 | Compil. |
| El Genuino Sabor Americano | Woody Guthrie | 1979 | Compil. |
| Ballate, Canti Di Lavoro, Talking-Blues, Canzoni. Songs, Ballads & Work-Songs | Woody Guthrie | 1978 | Album |
| Original Recordings Made By Woody Guthrie 1940-1946 | Woody Guthrie | 1977 | Album |
| This Land Is Your Land | Woody Guthrie | 1977 | Album |
| Midnight Special vol. 3 | Leadbelly Con Woody Guthrie & Cisco Houston | 1977 | Album |
| Woody Guthrie Remembered | Woody Guthrie | 1977 | Compil. |
| Bound For Glory - Original Motion Picture Score | Woody Guthrie, Leonard Rosenman, David Carradine | 1976 | Album |
| Struggle | Woody Guthrie | 1976 | Album |
| Goin' Down This Road Vol. 7 | Woody Guthrie Guest Artists: Cisco Houston, Sonny Terry, Bess Hawes | 1976 | Album |
| Woody Guthrie Vol.1 | Woody Guthrie | 1974 | Compil. |
| Woody Guthrie Vol.2 | Woody Guthrie | 1974 | Compil. |
| Immortal Woody Guthrie | Woody Guthrie | 1973 | Album |
| V/A Folk And Blues Story Vol.3 | Lightnin' Hopkins, Big Bill Broonzy, Josh White, Cisco Houston, Sonny Terry, Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie | 1971 | Compil. |
| Poor Boy | Woody Guthrie | 1968 | Compil. |
| In Memoriam | Woody Guthrie | 1967 | Compil. |
| This Land Is Your Land | Woody Guthrie | 1967 | Album |
| The Early Years | Woody Guthrie | 1965 | Compil. |
| Bonneville Dam & Other Columbia River Songs | Woody Guthrie | 1965 | Album |
| Woody Guthrie | Woody Guthrie | 1965 | Compil. |
| Bed On The Floor | Woody Guthrie | 1965 | Album |
| Hard Travelin' | Woody Guthrie | 1964 | Album |
| 38 Favorite American Folk Songs | Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger | 1964 | Compil. |
| Library Of Congress Recordings | Woody Guthrie | 1964 | Album |
| The Soil And The Sea | Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Lee Hays, Peter Hawes | 1964 | Compil. |
| Sings Folk Songs, Vol. 2 | Woody Guthrie with Cisco Houston and Sonny Terry | 1964 | Album |
| Cowboy Songs | Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston | 1963 | Album |
| Chain Gang: Volume I & II | Woody Guthrie, Sonny Terry, Alek Stewart | 1963 | Compil. |
| Folk Songs - Volume 2 | Woody Guthrie & Cisco Houston | 1963 | Album |
| Sings Folk Songs | Woody Guthrie With Leadbelly, Cisco Houston, Sonny Terry And Bess Hawes | 1962 | Album |
| Southern Mountain Hoedowns | Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston, Sonny Terry, Alec Seward | 1962 | Album |
| Ballads Of Sacco & Vanzetti | Woody Guthrie | 1960 | Album |
| Woody Guthrie Sings | Woody Guthrie | 1959 | Single |
| Songs To Grow On Volume One: Nursery Days | Woody Guthrie | 1958 | Album |
| Songs To Grow On For Mother And Child | Woody Guthrie | 1956 | Album |
| Bound For Glory (The Songs And Story Of Woody Guthrie) | Woody Guthrie | 1956 | Album |
| Woody Guthrie Sings | Woody Guthrie | 1955 | Single |
| Woody Guthrie Sings | Woody Guthrie | 1955 | Single |
| More Songs By Woody Guthrie And Cisco Houston | Woody Guthrie And Cisco Houston | 1955 | Compil. |
| Chain Gang Volume Two | Woody Guthrie / Sonny Terry & Alek Stewart | 1954 | Compil. |
| Chain Gang Volume One | Woody Guthrie / Sonny Terry & Alek Stewart | 1954 | Compil. |
| Woody Guthrie, Vol. 1 | Woody Guthrie | 1952 | Album |
| Talking Dust Bowl | Woody Guthrie | 1950 | Album |
| Talking Sailor / Coolee Dam | Woody Guthrie | 1945 | Album |
| Buffalo Skinners / Pretty Boy Floyd | Woody Guthrie | 1945 | Album |
| Ranger's Command / Gypsy Davy | Woody Guthrie | 1945 | Album |
| Glory / Poor Lazarus | Sonny Terry, Alek Stewart, Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston | 1945 | Album |
| Songs For Victory: Music For Political Action | The Union Boys, Woody Guthrie, Josh White | 1944 | Album |
| The Gypsy Davy / Barbara Allen | Woody Guthrie / Rebecca Tarwater | 1942 | Album |
| Dust Bowl Ballads: Sung By Woody Guthrie Volume 2 | Woody Guthrie | 1940 | Album |
| Tom Joad | Woody Guthrie | 1940 | Album |
| Don't You Push Me / Jig Along Home | Woody Guthrie | 1940 | Album |
| Dust Bowl Ballads | Woody Guthrie | 1940 | Album |
| Dust Bowl Ballads: Sung By Woody Guthrie Volume I | Woody Guthrie | 1940 | Album |
| Dance Around / Put Your Finger In The Air | Woody Guthrie | Album | |
| The Roots Of Folk | Judy Collins, Pete Seeger, Eric Weissberg, Woody Guthrie, Sonny Terry, Carolyn Hester | Album | |
| Wake Up / Clean-O | Woody Guthrie | Album | |
| Songs From The West Volume 16 | Pete Seeger - Woody Guthrie - Cisco Houston | Compil. | |
| A Statement Of Purpose | Woody Guthrie | Compil. | |
| The Greatest Songs Of Woody Guthrie, Vol.1 | Woody Guthrie | Compil. | |
| Whoopin' & Hollerin' | Big Bill Broonzy ; Sonny Terry ; Brownie McGhee & Woody Guthrie | Compil. | |
| One Of A Kind | Woody Guthrie | Compil. | |
| Jesus Christ / N.Y. Town | Woody Guthrie | Album | |
| Chicken Sneeze / Those Brown Eyes | Woody Guthrie, Sonny Terry, Cisco Houston | Album | |
| John Henry | Woody Guthrie | Single | |
| Cowboy Songs / Southern Mountain Hoedowns | Woody Guthrie | Compil. | |
| Hey Lolly Lolly | Woody Guthrie | Single |
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