Summary

Ramblin' Jack Elliot - reads Guthrie quotes begins reading Woody Guthrie quotes from his biography

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Reel Summary A tribute to Woody Guthrie in his own words and songs Performers: Ed McCurdy, Pete Seeger, Jack Elliot, Alice Foster and Bernice Reagan Includes: This Land is Your Land, So Long, It's Been Good to Know You, Mighty Hard Road, The Good Reuben James, She's My Curly-Headed Baby, Talking Blues about the Grand Coolie Dam, Union Maid, I'll Race You Down the Mountain, This Train is Bound for Glory 1965 A tribute to Woody Guthrie in his own words and songs Ed McCurdy, Pete Seeger, Jack Elliot, Alice Foster and Bernice Reagan 0:46 OPENING: This Land is Your Land sung by Guthrie v/o stills of photos of Guthrie 1:32 INTRO : MacAndrew introduces program and gives biography of Guthrie Critics: both detractors and praise 1:35 Ed McCurdy: speaks about Guthrie's travels and his music, then introduces song 3:50 SONG: So Long, It's Been Good to Know You McCurdy, Jack Elliot & Pete Seeger (verses) and group (chorus) with Seeger on banjo and Elliot on guitar 0:50 Seeger introduces next song, talking about the purity of Guthrie's music; about the best that makes up the American spirit 2:04 SONG: Mighty Hard Road Seeger plays and sings with v/o in part of photo montage of migrant workers, sharecroppers and landscape: desert, highways, migrant camps 1:16 McCurdy reads prose by Guthrie about his travels, migrant workers 2:28 SONG: The Good Reuben James, Seeger plays banjo and leads group of singers 3:24 Elliot reads prose by Guthrie (:45) and Alice Foster and Bernice Reagan sing She's My Curly-Headed Baby with Elliot on guitar and Seeger on jamming on mandolin 0:52 Elliot reads prose by Guthrie about the Grand Coolie Dam; he wrote about 26 songs about the dam, the river and the men who built it 3:18 SONG: Elliot plays and sings Talking Blues about the Grand Coolie Dam 0:47 McCurdy reads prose by Guthrie about union organizing 1:46 Song: Union Maid led by Seeger with Reagan on verses and group on chorus 0:18 Seeger reads prose by Guthrie about children 1:30 SONG: I'll Race You Down the Mountain Alice Foster sings with v/o in part of graphics of Woody Guthrie's paintings - almost childlike, elementary brushstrokes of kids playing 0:30 McCurdy reads prose about his own identity, mortality, the passage of time 1:37 SONG: This Train is Bound for Glory sung by Reagan as credits roll Ed McCurdy, Pete Seeger, Jack Elliot, Alice Foster and Bernice Reagan
Description Ramblin' Jack Elliot - reads Guthrie quotes begins reading Woody Guthrie quotes from his biography
Year 1965