Vinyl LP pressing. This recording, first released by Folkways founder Moses Asch in 1976 to coincide with the celebration of America's Bicentennial, was originally recorded by Asch in the 1940s. The collection captures Woody Guthrie at his artistic best with gritty songs about the struggles of the American worker ("Waiting at the Gate," "The Dying Miner"), unions ("Ludlow Massacre," "1913 Massacre"), and an ode to a bad man ("Pretty Boy Floyd"). Blues harmonicist Sonny Terry sits in with Guthrie on "Lost John," and fellow traveling companion and folksinger Cisco Houston contributes his voice, guitar, and a song ("Get Along Little Doggie").TRACKLIST:
- Side 1 -
1Struggle Blues
2A Dollar Down and a Dollar a Week
3Whoopie Ti-Yi-Yo, Get Along Little Dogies
4Hang Knot
5Waiting at the Gate
6The Dying Miner
-Side 2 -
1Union Burying Ground
2Lost John
3Buffalo Skinners
4Pretty Boy Floyd
5Ludlow Massacre
61913 Massacre