Read - Listen - Take a hike! Woody Guthrie first arrived in New York City on February 16, 1940. Although he continued to ramble, for 27 years— from 1940 until his death in 1967—New York was the city he called home and always returned to.
Many of Woody’s most popular songs were written in apartments, lofts, and other locations around “New York Town.” That song, along with “Jesus Christ,” “Vigilante Man,” “Hard Travelin’,” “Tom Joad,” “Reuben James,” “All You Fascists Bound to Lose,” and “1913 Massacre,” are among the more than 600 he composed in The Big Apple. Most surprisingly, his iconic “This Land Is Your Land,” was written at a small rooming house on 43rd Street and Sixth Avenue, on February 23, 1940 within a few days of his arrival. With new friends Pete Seeger, Lead Belly, Sonny Terry, and Brownie McGhee and the Almanac Singers he was at the center of a new movement—introducing and popularizing rural, roots, topical, and protest music to modern, urban audiences.
Dropkick Murphys founder Ken Casey explained, “Every night, when the audience is singing along with Woody’s words, his steadfast defense of the working class, and his fight against social injustice and the abuse of political power comes across loud and clear. So as long as Dropkick Murphys are involved, Woody’s message will always be heard.”
Following up on their success collaborating with Woody Guthrie's lyrics in "Gonna Be A Blackout Tonight" and "I'm Shipping Up To Boston", the Dropkick Murphys are at it again!
This Machine Still Kills Fascists is a ten song album collaboration featuring original previously unpublished lyrics by Woody Guthrie and original music
by Dropkick Murphys!
Dropkick Murphys founder Ken Casey explained, “The project has been a long time in the making. Nora Guthrie thought her father would’ve
got a kick out of us, would’ve liked us, that we were somewhat kindred spirits so to speak, which to us was a huge honor.”
Nora Guthrie added, “I collected lyrics on all kinds of topics…lyrics that seemed to be needed to be said – or screamed – today. Ken Casey is
a master at understanding Woody’s lyrics, which can be complicated, long, deadly serious, or totally ridiculous. DKM is capable of delivering
them all."
Available in CD and Vinyl
This is what I’d like to share with everyone.
This is how I’d like my father to be remembered.
And this is what I love about him. ~ Nora Guthrie
With contributions by:
DOUGLAS BRINKLEY
ROSANNE CASH
CHUCK D.
JEFF DANIELS
ANI DIFRANCO
and ARLO GUTHRIE
Bob Dylan once said, “You can listen to his songs and learn how to live”.
That line sums up what my life has evidenced. His songs, his art, his personal journal entries, his essays full of clear and
sometimes explosive ideas, have been there all my life teaching me how to live. These are the people he wanted me to know about, the history he
wanted me to learn. The love he wanted to express.
Now it's time for me to put together my
selections from all these teachings thoughts on politics, on religion, on relationships, on children, and more. I want to give everyone a taste of
the teachings that benefited me most. ~ Nora Guthrie
