Struggle CD woody guthrie postcard The recordings were made in

The recordings were made in the mid-1940s and were originally released under the name Bed on the Floor

the album follows the exodus of Midwesterners headed for California and mirrors both Guthrie’s own life and John Steinbeck’s novel The Grapes of Wrath

Above them was a song he had just written about the inequality he witnessed in his travels across the United States

” It was an attempt to restore the dignity of the anonymous lives whose unidentified remains were buried in an unmarked mass grave in California’s Central Valley

Guthrie was inspired to write songs that came directly out of this unlikely relationship

Struggle CD woody guthrie postcard The recordings were made inArtist: Woody Guthrie This recording was issued at Guthrie's insistence that there be a series of records depicting the struggle of working people to realize their vision and to secure their rights. He dedicated these 12 songs to his wife Marjorie Guthrie and to Pete Seeger. Moses Asch reissued the record to commemorate the United States Bicentennial. TRACK LISTING: 1. Struggle Blues 2. A Dollar Down 3. Get Along Little Doggies 4. Hang Knot 5. Waiting