Woody Guthrie

glad I did. I also didn’t expect to feel emotional over something that happened over 60 years ago, but I did. The most emotional part for me was when the song “Deportee” was performed by a music teacher from Texas State. This song was written by Woody Guthrie after he heard about the plane crash. I just sat there and listened to the lyrics and I started to tear up. I was just so sad for the people who died and their families. The part that got to me the most was when he sang, Goodbye to my…

limited to being brought into a musical family or having a significant amount of musical training. With time, the genre became what it is today, a subgenre of alternative music. Some artists that help led the way for folk music is: Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, Doc Watson, and Pete Seeger. These artists and artist today make folk music what it is today. Alternative music is very widespread, and varies in different sounds and types of music. Therefore, almost attracting any listener of music all…

Master’s degree in history. Wounded in June 1942, she was pulled out of combat and sent on a propaganda tour of the U.S., Canada, and Great Britain, becoming the first Soviet citizen welcomed at the White House by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Woody Guthrie even wrote her a…

Huntington’s disease is a genetic disease that effects the brain. It has been known to cause involuntary movements. Huntington’s is a fairly uncommon disease; even though it is a dominant trait. Huntington’s disease affects three out of every seven people worldwide. The disease is one of the many genetic diseases that does not have a cure. People who live with Huntington’s disease lose some of the abilities that other people have, such as driving, swallowing, and writing. Huntington’s disease…

chance at getting a proper education. “This Land Is Your Land”, by Woody Guthrie, addresses this issue. Guthrie states that “By the relief office I seen my people; As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking is this land made for you and me?” (Guthrie) This quote means that, though some Americans have no problem succeeding, as they are born into wealthy, privileged families, others are left in destitution. I do agree with Guthrie that this is an issue that needs to be addressed, however,…

If people are greedy with their money they can ruin many families and friends. According to the document, People’s World by John Dick, explains the tragic events that took place in the copper mining town of Calumet. This was a time of strikes, workers fighting for better pay, shorter work days, safer working conditions, and union recognition. The strikes slowly led to the bulk of the Italian Hall disaster. The disaster killed many and angered many. Most to all of the miners and their families…

that he was an orphan. At the time of his recording contract, he legally changed his surname to Dylan. From that recording contract and on his first album he only released two of his own original songs by the names of Talking New York and Song to Woody however, his album showcased many traditional folk songs and old blues covers such as The Freewillin, Blowing in the wind, A Hard Rain is gonna fall, and Masters of War; a song that Joan Baez sang, in which she eventually took him on tour with her…

The authors of document 1 and document 2 are supporting the efforts to Americanize the immigrants. In the last three centuries, there have been settlements in the casts of Massachusetts and Virginia and the arrangements have been the basis for the American history. Americanism is not a matter of being born in America. Being an American is the matter of pursuing the American dream. It does not matter whether one is born in America or maybe one is born abroad, everyone in America should be…

BOB DYLAN One of the most legendary names in the American music industry is no one else but the singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. The influence he made in popular music last for more than five decades and still echoed through generations till this very day. Bob Dylan was born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941, in Duluth, Minnesota and raised in Hibbing, Minnesota, USA. Dylan’s parents Abram Zimmerman and Beatrice “Beatty” Stone were part of a tight local Jewish community. As a…

A political activist named Emma Goldman produced a speech in 1908 called “Patriotism: A Menace to Liberty” within it she analyzes what patriotism actually means. Inside the speech an important quote in which she alludes to America becoming the most powerful nation in the world, and eventually planting her iron foot on the necks of all other nations (Voices of A People’s History pg. 271 ). In the essay to follow I will analyze, and explain the meaning behind this. I will also take a deeper look…