This Land is Your Land: Woody Guthrie and the Great American Folksong
2012 marks the centennial of the birth of Woody Guthrie, the greatest folksong writer the nation has produced. Coming of age during the Dust Bowl and Great Depression, Guthrie would write hundreds of songs and become the voice of the nation’s downtrodden, unemployed and homeless. At the same time, Guthrie celebrated the nation’s natural beauty and its great democratic potential. Join Bucky Halker for a program that combines performance and commentary as he reviews the life and songs of Woody Guthrie.
Bucky Halker is a performer, songwriter, and recording artist who also holds a PhD in American History. He has lectured and performed throughout the USA, Canada, and Europe. He is the author of For Democracy, Workers, and God: Labor Protest and Labor Song-Poems. He recently produced the Illinois Humanities Council’s critically-acclaimed CD series Folksongs of Illinois, Vols. 1-3.
Watch video of Bucky Halker performing "I Ain't Got No Home."
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