The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #8780   Message #56143
Posted By: northfolk/al cholger
28-Jan-99 - 04:06 PM
Thread Name: ADD: Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key (Guthrie)
Subject: RE: Woody Guthrie Lyric?
Billy Bragg has been doing support work for the long-troubled Detroit Newspaper workers. Because of that, and the fact that my sons, both in their mid-twenties now retaliate for the years of musical indoctrination that they got...by making me aware of the "next generation, singers, songwriters", I can tell you that Bragg was commissioned by Nora Guthrie, Woody's daughter, to record some of Woody's work that had been archived and never recorded. Mermaid Avenue is a great addition to anyone's music collection...It is also my understanding that this is but the tip of the iceberg...Woody wrote thousands of pieces that have never gone beyond the scraps of paper he wrote them on...My guess, watch for more from Bragg!