Pete Seeger sings Pastures of Plenty written by Guthrie in 1942

[mather803]

also listen to the version by Holly Near and Ronnie Gilbert. Both versions are very powerful in their own right.

[TheInstantCarma]

My God!

[ledder68]

There's a great clip of Pete playing this song in the move "Alice's Restaurant." (Pete and Arlo are serenading (an actor playing) Woody, as Woody lies in his hospital bed.

[ledder68]

Wow.

[ubersoxfanjpm]

What year was this filmed? It looks like the 80's.

[EyeLean5280]

To me, the banjo is *the* instrument to accompany this song.

[grummeper]

Thanks!

[terradisiena]

THANK YOU for posting this! Do you believe that I've been checking every few months hoping that someone had posted this clip? I saw it in a documentary on Guthrie years ago and never forgot it. Thank you, really.

[stu2611]

It was a BBC documentary from 1989 which I recorded at the time and still have a copy. It's a fantastic programme about the life of Woody Guthrie and shows the 2 pieces of footage of him performing; it also includes this from Pete Seeger (plus This Land is Your Land) and Ramblin Jack Elliot playing Pretty Boy Floyd.

[raymondcrooke]

Great performance of a classic song. Thanks to Stewball for sending it.

[oldcountrytunes]

Wonderful old tune worth 5. *****. Thanks and thanks to Max (stewball) for sharing.

[stewballmax2]

Grandpa Pete Seeger is our national...no,make that our GLOBAL treasure,now and for always.

Many thanks for posting this chestnut from the pen of Woody Guthrie.

Pax,

Max

[willyr9]

Nice clip! Thanks for posting.