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Music
- "Chapter One: Songs Inspired by Literature"
Songs Inspired by Literature Project, 2002
A new CD featuring Springsteen's "Ghost of Tom Joad" and otherliterature-inspired songs by artists Grace Sllick, Suzanne Vega, Ray Manzarek, Aimee Mann and more.
- Bragg, Billy and Wilco
"Mermaid Avenue" and
"Mermaid Avenue Volume II"
Elektra/Asylum
"Billy Bragg was given unprecedented access to Woody Guthrie's unrecorded lyrics. Teaming up with alt-country band Wilco and quoting from more than 50 years of country, folk and rock music, Billy and company bring Guthrie's politics, poetry and morality to the end of the century and prove he's as necessary now as ever."
--Tod Nelson
- Guthrie, Woody.
"Dust Bowl Ballads."
Buddha, 2000.
One of the most important contributions to the cannon of American folk music, Dust Bowl Ballads was originally recorded and released in 1940 on two albums; it was freshly remastered for this compact disc. Fourteen songs that recount and relive Guthrie's arduous experiences as an Okie forced from his home by the Depression and drought of the 1930s.
- Springsteen, Bruce
"The Ghost of Tom Joad"
Sony, 1995
"It's abundantly clear that Springsteen had been soaking himself in the work of John Steinbeck and Woody Guthrie during the writing of "The Ghost of Tom Joad," but their combined influence is found on more than just the title track. It's all over these windblown songs (including the haunting "Dry Lightning" and the seminal "Youngstown") and their hard-scrabble protagonists. Not the Boss's biggest record, but certainly one of his best."
--Michael Ruby
- Various artists
Folkways: "A Vision Shared: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly"
1988
This album was originally released to coincide with a PBS program that premiered in 1988. It features lyrics by Guthrie and Leadbelly and performances by Little Richard, Brian Wilson, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Sweet Honey in the Rock and U2.
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