Woody Guthrie Music

Origin: Okemah, OK

Decades: 1930's, 1940's, 1950's, and 1960's

Woody Guthrie was the most important American folk music artist of the first half of the 20th century, in part because he turned out to be such a major influence on the popular music of the second half of the 20th century, a period when he himself was largely inactive. His greatest significance lies in his songwriting, beginning with the standard "This Land Is Your Land" and including such much-covered works as "Deportee," "Do Re Mi," "Grand Coulee Dam," "Hard, Ain't It Hard," "Hard Travelin'," "I Ain't Got... Read More

Jimmie Rodgers

Arlo Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Donovan, Uncle Tupelo, Pete Seeger, and Grateful Dead