This week on the program we conclude our two-part feature, Songs for Woody. We hear a variety of Woody’s tunes performed by Chris Thile, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Ry Cooder, Martin Simpson and others. We’ll also hear a great song for Woody by Cosy Sheridan and Bob Dylan’s Song for Woody as recorded by Crowes Pasture. More classic Woody Guthrie songs … this week on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

LISTEN:

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian
              Folkways
Woody Guthrie / “Nine Hundred Miles” / Woody Guthrie Sings Folk Songs / Smithsonian Folkways
Chris Thile / “Tom Joad Pt.1” / Home in this World / Elektra
Bruce Springsteen / “Jesse James” / The Seeger Sessions / Columbia
Cosy Sheridan / “Woody Guthrie Watch Over Me” / Sometimes I Feel Too Much / Self-produced
The Del McCoury Band / “Californy Gold” / Del & Woody / McCoury Music

Bob Dylan / “This Land is Your Land” / No Direction Home / CBS
Jim Kweskin / “Rambling ‘Round Your City” / America / Warner Brothers
Woody Guthrie / “Guitar Blues” / Woody Guthrie Sings Folk Songs / Smithsonian Folkways

Ry Cooder / “Do Re Mi” / Ry Cooder / Reprise
Eric Andersen / “Dusty Box Car Wall” / Today is the Highway / Vanguard
Crowes Pasture / “Song to Woody” / Crowes Pasture / Self-produced

Woody Guthrie / “Talking Columbia” / Columbia River Collection / Rounder
Martin Simpson / “Who’s Going to Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot?” / Rooted / Topic
Tim O’Brien Band / “Pastures of Plenty” / Tim O’Brien Band / Howdy Skies
Woody Guthrie / “Wiggledy Giggledy” / Long Ways to Travel / Smithsonian Folkways
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian
              Folkways