Cisco Houston
Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 2:45 am
Woody Guthrie's singing and travelin' partner has faded into the background but I think his smooth singing baritone and straight delivery really enhance the power and poetry of Woody Guthrie's words. And WG music is Americana itself.
Grand Coulee Dam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TekTW0PWs9g
Deportee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxtwAB5rhO8
(The Highwaymen and Dolly Parton also recorded terrific versions of this song)
Buffalo Skinners
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sjbv1KRVGw
Jesus Christ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4nK_id1DC8
and a non Woody Guthrie song
Saint James Infirmary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06BoBdzI7Lc
Grand Coulee Dam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TekTW0PWs9g
Deportee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxtwAB5rhO8
(The Highwaymen and Dolly Parton also recorded terrific versions of this song)
Buffalo Skinners
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sjbv1KRVGw
Jesus Christ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4nK_id1DC8
and a non Woody Guthrie song
Saint James Infirmary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06BoBdzI7Lc