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DESCRIPTION:Woody Guthrie & the Soul of America\nFolksinger Tim Holt presents a program 
 on the life of Woody Guthrie in words and music.\n\nAs Guthrie himself 
 said, "All you can sing about is what you saw, and if you look hard enough, 
 you can see plenty to sing about." Woody Guthrie saw a lot in his 
 relatively short life. \n\nWoody and his wife Mary lived through the dust 
 storms of the 1930s & the Depression. He watched as Dust Bowl refugees were 
 driven out of their camps along California's highways by vigilantes and 
 sheriff's deputies, watched them bury infants lost to disease and 
 malnutrition. Deeply moved by these experiences, Guthrie took on the role 
 of troubadour and spokesperson for the dispossessed. His songs "So Long 
 It's Been Good To Know Ya" and "I Ain't Got No Home" speak of their plight 
 with a haunting lyricism. \n\nIn 1940, in a grimy hotel in midtown 
 Manhattan, on a borrowed Martin guitar, he wrote a song that is both a 
 tribute and a challenge to a country that had largely turned its back on 
 the folks whom Guthrie called "my people."\nThe song, his most famous, is 
 "This Land Is Your Land."\n\nThe audience will be invited to sing along 
 with Tim on songs that include "This Land," "So Long," and "I Ain't Got No 
 Home."\n\nJohn Steinbeck, who watched Guthrie perform in California migrant 
 camps, said this about him: "There is nothing sweet about Woody, there is 
 nothing sweet about the songs he sings. But there is something more 
 important for those who will listen. There is the will of a people to 
 endure and fight against oppression. I think we call this the American 
 spirit." \n\nJoin us for this special musical evening at Sunset Library!\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/06/18825240.php
SUMMARY:Woody Guthrie & the Soul of America
LOCATION:Sunset Branch Library  ●  1305 18th Avenue (at Irving St.), San 
 Francisco, CA 94122  ●  (415)355-2808  ●  sfpl.org/sunset  ● Free 
 event  ●  Wheelchair accessible  ●  Public transit: N-Judah streetcar; 
 7, 28, 29, 71 MUNI buses. One block south of Golden Gate Park, one block 
 east of 19th Avenue
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/06/18825240.php
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