Track Listing

1. This Train Is Bound for Glory - Arlo Guthrie
2. Narration - Will Geer
3. Oklahoma Hills - Arlo Guthrie
4. Narration - Robert Ryan
5. Rambling Round Your City - Odetta
6. I Ain't Got No Home - Bob Dylan
7. Do-Re-Mi - Arlo Guthrie
8. Curly Headed Baby - Pete Seeger
9. Dear Mrs. Roosevelt - Bob Dylan
10. Narration - Robert Ryan
11. Pastures of Plenty - Tom Paxton
12. Grand Coulee Dam - Bob Dylan
13. Roll on Columbia/Narration - Judy Collins, Robert Ryan
14. Biggest Thing Man Has Ever Done [Great Historical Bum] - Tom Paxton
15. Jackhammer John - Richie Havens, Pete Seeger
16. Hobo's Lullaby - Joan Baez
17. Narration - Peter Fonda
18. Woman at Home - Country Joe McDonald
19. Narration - Will Geer
20. Deportee [Plane Wreck at Los Gatos] - Judy Collins
21. Mail Myself to You - Earl Robinson
22. Howdido - Ramblin' Jack Elliott
23. Jesus Christ - Arlo Guthrie
24. 1913 Massacre - Ramblin' Jack Elliott
25. Union Main - Judy Collins, Pete Seeger
26. Narration - Judy Collins, Will Geer, Robert Ryan
27. This Land Is Your Land/Narration - Will Geer, Arlo Guthrie, Odetta

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #51047 in Music
• Released on: 1989-11-03
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Live

Amazon.com
The passing of folk-music pillar Woody Guthrie was fresh on the minds of the participants in the first of the two concerts that make up this live tribute recording. Guthrie had died of Huntington's disease in the fall of 1967; the following January, Bob Dylan, Judy Collins, Pete Seeger, and several other Woody apostles gathered to perform the folk legend's songs at Carnegie Hall. In September of 1970, a second gathering convened in the Hollywood Bowl, this one headlined by Joan Baez, Richie Havens, Arlo Guthrie, and others. Originally released separately on two records, this CD brings both concert recordings together on one brimming CD. Highlights include Dylan and the Band's rowdy reinterpretations of "I Ain't Got No Home," "Dear Mrs. Roosevelt," and "The Grand Coulee Damn" as well as Jack Elliott's "1913 Massacre," Odetta's "Ramblin' Round," and Tom Paxton's "Pastures of Plenty." Readings by actors Will Geer, Robert Ryan, and Peter Fonda from Guthrie's prose link the two concerts into a cohesive whole that Guthrie aficionados will find irresistible. --Steven Stolder

Customer Reviews

must-own cd!
This cd is excellent and makes a wonderful gift for any music lover. I have played and bought this cd for many friends and all who heard it loved it. The cd contains songs and narrative written by Woody Guthrie but performed at two tribute concerts after his death by artists including Joan Baez, Arlo Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Judy Collins, Pete Seeger, Country Joe McDonald, and more. The background music is provided by The Band. Woody Guthrie's songs on this album, while not all happy by any means, bring out a sense of pride in the listener for our country, for the workingman, for injustices and tragedies suffered and survived. He sings and speaks of many sorrowful things such as the sufferings of migrant workers, miners, hoboes, and the "poor and downtrodden" but the overall message is one of pride and hard work, and love and compassion for your fellow man. I can put on this album when I'm sad or frustrated, or sense myself letting the petty every-day problems of life get me down, and the soul-wrenching folk music of Woody Guthrie never fails to put things back in perspective and a smile back on my face. This is one of my all-time favorite albums that I believe everyone should own!

diverse voices bring alive Woody Guthrie's dustbowl songs
One of my favorite albums. Woodie Guthrie wrote true folk songs. The diverse voices of currently-celebrated folk singers honor his impact on American music. You get a folk sampler of these many talented voices, plus a whirlwind tour of depression-era history, workingman sentiment, politics, etc. The songs are emotionally powerful, spanning a full range from joyous celebration or playful humor to righteous anger or heartbreaking pathos.

Proper tribute to a legend
As a Woody fan for many years,I've had this recording in every possible form and still love it.Aside from marking Dylan's first performance since his accident in '67, the rest of the line-up is filled with people who belong there.Many tributes have performers who have no reason (other than internal politics)to be included.These performances show people who knew and loved Woody and his songs.Not important but the previous reviewer states that the excluded songs were not written by Woody but by the performers.That is most certainly WRONG."Vigilante Man" by Richie Havens,"So Long (It's Been Good To Know Yuh)" by Judy Collins and "Why Oh Why" by Odetta are all written by Woody obviously.This comes from the original album.The truth shall set you free.....