House of Earth (29 page)
Authors: Woody Guthrie
 | Woody checks himself into Brooklyn State Hospital. |
1956 | Woody's father, Charley Guthrie, dies. |
 | Woody is officially diagnosed with Huntington's disease. |
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 | Woody is hospitalized at Greystone Hospital, New Jersey. |
1959 | Bob and Sidsel Gleason have Woody visit their home on Sundays for a hootenanny with friends. |
1961 | Bob Dylan visits Woody's home in Queens, New York, and is brought to visit Woody in the hospital. |
 | Woody is transferred to Creedmore State Hospital. |
1965 | Born to Win |
1966 | Woody receives the Conservation Service Award from the Department of the Interior. |
1967 | Hard Hitting Songs for Hard-Hit People |
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1968 | “Tribute to Woody Guthrie” concert is performed at Carnegie Hall. |
1976 | Seeds of Man |
1980 | Joe Klein publishes |
1988 | Woody Guthrie is posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. |
1996 | The Woody Guthrie Archives opens in New York City. |
1998 | Mermaid Avenue Volume 1 |
1999 | The Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service curates |
2000 | F |
2012 | J |
2012 | J |
2013 | F |
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Woodrow Wilson “Woody” Guthrie
(1912â1967) was an American folk balladeer whose best-known song is “This Land Is Your Land.” His musical legacy includes over three thousand songs, covering an exhaustive repertoire of historcal, political, cultural, topical, spiritual, narrative, and children's themes. Guthrie was a prolific writer and visual artist. His papers, artwork, and recordings are preserved in the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Woody Guthrie Archives. Often performing with the slogan “This Machine Kills Fascists” painted across his guitar, Guthrie was a major influence on hundreds of musicians, including Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Bruce Springsteen, Joe Strummer, John Mellencamp, Ani DiFranco, and Billy Bragg.
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“The Great Dust Storm” (page xiii): words and music by Woody Guthrie. WGP-TRO © copyright © 1960 (renewed) and 1963 (renewed) by Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc. & TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc. (BMI). “If I Was Everything on Earth” (page xx): words by Woody Guthrie, music by Hans Eckardt Wenzel. Copyright © 2002 by Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc. (BMI) & Matrosenblau. “Bling Blang” (page xxii): words and music by Woody Guthrie. WGP-TRO copyright © 1954 (renewed), 1963 (renewed), 1982 (renewed) by Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc. & TRO-Folkways Music, Inc. (BMI). “This Land Is Your Land” (page xxxv): words and music by Woody Guthrie. WGP-TRO Copyright © 1956 (renewed), 1958 (renewed), 1970 and 1972 by Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc. & TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc. (BMI). Woody Guthrie Letter to Eddie Albert, ca. 1937 (pages xxvâxxviii): courtesy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Margaret Herrick Library. Copyright © Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc.
Front cover image:
In El Rancho Grande
. Oil on board by Woody Guthrie, December 1936. Santa Fe, New Mexico. Courtesy of Barry and Judy Ollman. Copyright © Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc. Additional artwork courtesy of the Woody Guthrie Archives, copyright © Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc.
This Is a Day
(front and back matter image) by Woody Guthrie, 1939.
Summer Leaves and Limbs
(page 1) by Woody Guthrie, 1947. Untitled (page 53) by Woody Guthrie, ca. 1947.
Snow
(page 99) by Woody Guthrie, February 1947.
What a Beautiful World
(page 185) by Woody Guthrie, 1947. Detail from
Hand Thinks It Over
(page 213) by Woody Guthrie, 1939.
Text from “This Land Was His Land” by Douglas Brinkley and Johnny Depp from the
New York Times
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Time line courtesy of the Woody Guthrie Archives.
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