For a man who has been dead since 1967, it has been a good year for folk singer Woody Guthrie, who would have turned 100 on Saturday July 14, 2012.
This year, from California and New York to Germany and Italy, the man dubbed the "Dust Bowl troubadour" is being analyzed and fondly remembered at Guthrie centennial gatherings great and small.
Not bad for a singer and songwriter who was a commercial flop, despite writing the iconic American song "This Land is Your Land." MORE HERE
Woody Guthrie at 100: Ten Songs That Still Power Modern Social Causes HERE
Woody Guthrie 100 official website HERE
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