Comments on: Ain’t Got No Home

By: Tosten

Tosten — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:13:28 +0000

While teaching in China the kids in my class rewrote This Land Is My Land to Chinese places and words. It was sung at an assembly by the entire student body of 2000 students and fit beautifully in that nation of millions of migrant workers and overbearing bosses. I looked out over a darkened auditorium and saw the headmaster beaming in the front row. This is what his music is about, It carries a message to and also from anyone who sings those songs. It gives the soul a way to express itself.

By: Abby Blatt

Abby Blatt — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:43:31 +0000

My late mother, the choreographer Sophie Maslow, introduced Marjorie to Woody. Marjorie was a member of my mother’s dance company. My mother was choreographing a dance called FOLKSAY and wanted Woody to sing live on stage so she went to visit him with Marjorie and that’s how they met. Marjorie was instrumental in making FOLKSAY a success because she wrote out all the counts of the dance for Woody so he could play the songs the same way every time. Woody sang to me when I was born and gave me my nick name, “Abigailey.” To fact check this info, please consult the Woody Guthrie website for his daughter Nora’s story confirming this information. FOLKSAY was recently beautifully revived, as well as DUST BOWL BALLADS, a dance my mother choreographed to two of Woody’s songs. I treasure my mother’s legacy and am so fortunate that Woody’s has so richly contributed to that legacy.

By: Martin Edelman

Martin Edelman — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:57:10 +0000

Any remembrances from his time living in Coney Island?

By: frankie

frankie — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:12:45 +0000

Parchman Farm: Mississippi — not Louisiana.