August 18, 2015

55 Woody Guthrie (1912-1967) “This Land Is Your Land” 1944

“America’s ‘alternative’ national anthem” (Encyclopedia of Popular Music). “You have summarized the struggles and the deeply held convictions of all those who love our land and fight to protect it. Sincerely yours, Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of the Interior” (Bound for Glory). Guthrie died from Huntington’s Chorea, a degenerative disease. Listed on the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress. 

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