#214 Woody Guthrie: Crafting Everyday Life w/ Nora Guthrie

The Road to Now

Benjamin Sawyer

Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 628 Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Nora Guthrie, daughter of American icon Woody Guthrie, joins Ben & Bob to talk about her father's life and the many ways she's contributed to sharing his story. Nora discusses the inspiration for Woody's music, his connection to Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Leadbelly and other music icons, and why her new Woody Guthrie: Songs and Art • Words and Wisdom, which she co-curated with music historian Robert Santelli, presents her father as she'd like him to be remembered.

Nora Guthrie is President of Woody Guthrie Publications and founder of the Woody Guthrie Archive (1994).

Woody Guthrie: Songs and Art • Words and Wisdom (co-curated by Nora Guthrie & Robert Santelli) is a beautifully arranged "almanac" that features original handwritten lyrics, drawings, and photographs that document Woody Guthrie's life through his own words. The book also features insightful contributions by Douglas Brinkley, Roseann Cash, Chuck D, Jeff Daniels, Ani DiFranco and Arlo Guthrie. Click here to buy the book from the Guthrie Center and have your copy signed by Nora.

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0:00.0	I'm Ben Sawyer and this is The Road to Now.
0:09.1	Today's guest is Nora Guthrie.
0:11.8	She is daughter of the great American songwriter and artist, Woody Guthrie.
0:16.9	Talking to her today because she's got this new book out that she co-edited with Robert Santelli.
0:22.0	It's called Woody Guthrie Songs and Art, Words and Wisdom.
0:25.7	It just came out in November of 2021.
0:28.5	It's a fresh book.
0:29.3	It's a beautiful book.
0:30.5	But this conversation really gets into how she put together these documents.
0:34.6	As Bob and I say in this episode, it's a beautiful book.
0:38.3	Can't recommend enough if you're interested in Woody or this episode might even make you more interested in him
0:42.2	than you were before. That's the hope. After we wrap this episode, though, Nora gave us some
0:47.8	information that we wanted to share that didn't make it into the episode, but we think it's great
0:52.2	to go up front. First of all, the book is on sale at woody guthrie.org, and you can go there, and if you buy it through the website, you can get a personalized signed copy. And, you know, as Bob was going to say first, it makes a great Christmas gift. But the second thing is that there's actually going to be an exhibit going along with this book that's going to be at the
1:11.6	Morgan Museum in New York City. It's called Woody Guthrie. People are the Song. And it's going to be there
1:17.3	from February 18th through May 22nd of 2022. So if any of you guys are in New York City or in the
1:23.6	surrounding area, just wanted to make sure you guys know about that. Because if I was close at all,
1:27.9	I would love to be there.
1:29.6	I mean, just so many beautiful visual pieces of art
1:31.9	that go along with the lyrics and the documents.
1:34.5	So just something maybe for you guys to look forward to.
1:37.4	And thank you so much for listening
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