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On First Hearing Woody Guthrie (Dust Bowl Ballads) single work   poetry   "dust-choked voice"
Issue Details: First known date: 1970... 1970 On First Hearing Woody Guthrie (Dust Bowl Ballads)
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Notes

  • In 1940, American RCA released an LP by Woody Guthrie called "Dust Bowl Ballads". Songs included "I Ain't Got No Home," "Tom Joad," and "So Long It's Been Good to Know Ya." John Steinbeck's book, The Grapes of Wrath, was the inspiration for many of the songs.

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