Encore

The No Show | Mar 30, 2010
Playlist:
THEME: "How Long Blues" - Jimmy Yancey, piano
All following selections sung by Woody Guthrie
"This Land is Your Land"
"Blowin' Down the Road"
"Better World A-Comin'"
"Pretty Boy Floyd"
"Which Side Are You On" with the Almanac Singers
"Ballad of Tom Joad"
"Sinking of the Ruben James"
"Round & Round Hitler's Grave" with the Almanac Singers
"New York Town" with Cisco Houston
"More Pretty Girls than One" with Cisco Houston
"Pastures of Plenty"
Encore Performance. This week's program is devoted to the works of Woody Guthrie, "the most important folk artist of at least the first half of the twentieth century." Pete Seeger and Jim Longhi share anecdotes of their friendships with Guthrie. Caution: Mature audiences may become emotionally overcome. Steve Post hosts.

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