Since I knew Woody, I'll have to read it.

A lot of Woody imitators don't realize that Woody was a socialist, a human rights champion, an enemy of the big business dictators we see today and his song "Ludlow Massacre" spawned a career for Howard Zinn.

Woody saw fascism in the US before many did and one thing, he may have been the first "environmental" songwriter.

Woody sang like a bard, flat-toned speaking voice, great diction unlike some of his imitators today, unsentimental, optimistic and feisty, songs of simple directness, unassuming, anti-show biz, deeply in thought and a great lover of all kinds of music unless they made songs that "made a man feel bad, no good......"

He cut to the chase in his songwriting. No B.S.