Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie

would have been 100 years old this past Saturday.


A veteran of World War 2:
During World War II, moved by his passion against Fascism, Woody served in both the Merchant Marine and the Army. Shipping out to sea on several occasions with his buddies Cisco Houston and Jimmy Longhi, Woody's tendency to write songs, tell stories and make drawings continued unabated. He composed hundreds of anti-Hitler, pro-war, and historic ballads to rally the troops, such as “All You Fascists Bound To Lose”, “Talking Merchant Marine,” and “The Sinking of the Reuben James.” He began to work on a second novel, Sea Porpoise, and was enlisted by the army to write songs about the dangers of venereal diseases, which were published in brochures distributed to sailors.
http://www.woodyguthrie.org/biography/biography6.htm

He didn't like Fascists, or bankers too.


4 comments:

  1. Wonder where one could find the lyrics to his songs written about the dangers of venereal diseases? Could have used some theme music during those shipboard, pre-reveille, short-arm inspections. I still remember over 50 years back Sergeant MacCluskey shouting out: "Short-arm hell Doc, speak for yourself!" and cracked up the entire berthing space.

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  2. http://www.bobdylanroots.com/vd.html

    Walter Olin

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  3. Mr Olin thanks for the link.

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  4. Hi there,

    Thought I'd drop a line and give you a link to my Woody Site and Vids. Feel free to upload to your site if you see fit. Keep up the good work!

    Thanks,

    Rob

    https://vimeo.com/72217137

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