Re: Goodbye Bob, Hello Woody

["Steve Shaw" <moorcot@xxxxxxx>]

<<I've got a Woody Guthrie piece on a compilation somewhere.  I've always 
been struck by how well the harmonica is played on that cut.  I think the 
problem is one of access, there aren't all that many Woody Guthrie tunes 
with harmonica available.  I wouldn't call him a prophet without honour in 
his own country.  All he needs is a quick Ken Burns speciual and everyone 
would be all agog.  fjm>>

In the UK a while back we had a superb documentary series on the BBC called 
Arena.  They did a great one on Woody which featured a lot of Alan Lomax 
talking about him and even some rare footage of Woody singing and playing 
guitar.  Lomax was of course the man who did the Library of Congress 
recordings with Woody.  I had the documentary on video but my beloved wife 
taped over it.  It's OK, she doesn't read my emails.

Steve

Want more than the blues?  Try Irish!
http://mysite.freeserve.com/trad_irish_harmonica

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