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Thread #68157 Message #1147057
Posted By: voyager
26-Mar-04 - 06:10 PM
Thread Name: 'Woody Guthrie: A Life' - 1999 Biography by Klein
Subject: RE: Woody Guthrie Biography
I read the NewYorker Puff-Piece on Woody including -
"Guthrie became a tragic figure to his young acolytes: an American original cut down before his time, seemingly gone mad (wildly erratic behavior being a symptom of the disease)—a living amalgam of Hank Williams and Friedrich Nietzsche."
and other pompous discourse.
My favorite Guthrie expression is
"I just use 3 chords
Everything else is showing off"
voyager