Roll on Columbia: Woody Guthrie

[gkims2007]

Lynching of Laura & Lawrence Nelson.In the event, no one was charged. Among those involved was Charley Guthrie, father of folk singer Woody Guthrie, who was born a yr later. Charley's role is uncertain but he appears 2 have attended as an observer or active participant, and he went on 2 become an enthusiastic member of the Ku Klux Klan. The incident was commemorated by Woody Guthrie in 3 songs, High Balladree, Bloody Poll Tax Chain, & Don't Kill My Baby & My Son, also called Old Dark Town.

[IMNOTAPOLICEOFFICER]

3:15

I love america

[paulo35961]

a well intentioned american that swallowed the stateist socialism of the day.

[amysita77]

@paulo35961 Kill yourself.

[paulo35961]

@amysita77 typical dopey leftist loon reply... making me look good will get you nowhere.

[MrOutlawCountry]

the man with the glasses looks like the btk serial killer

[dmackler58]

great---loved to see this, thanks for posting

[robbie69612]

Great video!!! A step back in time

[fridayeveryday]

Was this all very similar to the New Deal which Copeland etc were then part of?

[ddean1987]

"hydro"

ha. now that is good. love ya woody. oregon and the columbia river truly is a thing of beauty.

[BigSmoke2222]

Woodie Guthrie is the greatest...

This land was made for you and me..

[1canyonguy]

Thanks for posting this video

[saddlebredhorsegirl]

great song im 12 and i love this song

[mwp62]

I am 47 years old and I was introduced to this song at about 12 years of age myself. I have been singing it ever since!

[poopoo0]

pervert, quit hitting on that kid. should be ashamed of yourself

[onedeadcop]

hahahahaha

[samfrankenbaby]

thank you Woody!! because with out you they would be no Bob Dylan.

[oldsubguy2]

This is such a beautiful affirmation of America and her people. Thanks for putting it together, and God bless (Red Skelton)...

[ChadJHachey]

dylan was smart to mold himself after this man, a man of the people, u dont see bob comming down from his castle and sticking up for his countryman

[theshadow1932]

"Your power is turning our darkness to dawn................"

What a GREAT era, Nowadays, they'd shut the whole job down because of some Goddamned FISH! It's incredible how much we've lost.

Norm

[emochuu]

God didn't give us this land yo destory it- I'm sure if Woody were alive today he'd be all about sustainable use of resources.

[theshadow1932]

Of course he would. He was a self declared communist. He was a talented guy who, like a lot of people both then and now, didn't understand much about the way things really work. He just happened to hit a true note this time, by touting development and progress. Nature is nothing until it's put to use.

Norm

[ManilaSyndicate]

Beautiful nature scenes and Guthrie's great music. Nice vid.

[Steambucket1]

Nice song.

[LifeSucksSoberOrHigh]

Thank god for lime wire,.. I got about 25 songs from Woodie,.. I love the Jesse James song, and the one about the poor minors,... that one makes me cry.

[LifeSucksSoberOrHigh]

I think its called Goodbye, (the one about the minors),... Its about these minors who are stuck and are gonna die and they know it,.. so they write to there loved ones,.. goodbye sweet people goodbye,.. goodbye sweet children goodbye,......... ....Damn I'm cryin again.

[LifeSucksSoberOrHigh]

I'm uploading a small piece of it now, a beautifull song, but unfourtunatly utube wont let me upload anything more than 50 seconds long!!! So it should be in my videos in a few minutes... (Woodie Guthrie, The Dying Minor)

[theemusic92]

@LifeSucksSoberOrHigh It's called "The Dying Miner".

[hibobb123456]

Thank you!!

I have heard the songs all my life, but never knew the history behind them. Load the family and drive across the country for a chance to work, maybe... What an adventure!

[AcePilot101]

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin wrote, "The electrification of the nation (Russia) is communism." Well, it was the second industrial revolution after steam power:)

[youngsinfo]

Yeah- i love this guy! you know i think he died of brain

disease and he got jacked by by some hospital .

A real person and individual. A national treasure!

[LeanaJo76]

He died from Huntington's Chorea (a neurological disorder that is genetic).

[blablablahgg]

steve kahn is cool

[vernair]

thank you. amazing.

[cozette206]

The scenary in this video shows one of the reasons why I traded TX for Oregon after being born and raised in TX and living there over 60 years.

Thank you

[kevbrav]

Im always wondering what it would of been like then im 26 and i hate the modern world big corperations inslaving the working classes there must be change

[proffromgview]

you want change? Then learn how to write. My God, you write like a small child.

[CaptainHowdy222]

And you argue like one. We see this so often where a person's offended by some comment, but has no rational argument to counter it, so he resorts to pedantism. Comments about grammar, spelling and such. Empty.

[TheDudeAbides84]

Your God, too? You don't say!!

[kevbrav]

Sorry i was in a hurry, i will try and do better in future. Must be modern schooling?

[BEATNIKCASS]

keybray--you write great, straight from the heart-- frofromview is a square.

[sirbrianjones]

I'm 25 and I feel the exact same way. After I finished reading Bound for Glory I got depressed because it would be impossible to jump a frieght to ride cross country now a days.

[Glorbon]

So true, even though im only 16 and still going to school i in some way miss the old days...

[proffromgview]

You mean the old days that had smallpox, the plague, and life expectancies in the thirties??

[Glorbon]

yeah i mean thoos days. It's true that life was harder then. Well atleast we had some contact with our nature, stress related diseases was rare and people was overall more happy.

Todays "career society" is sick! And i hate it!

[almagore1]

@Glorbon I agree.

[savestheday0]

@Glorbon Are you kidding me? Woody Guthrie's family life is practically a tragedy. Nostalgia is a dangerous friend.

[IMNOTAPOLICEOFFICER]

@savestheday0

what do yoo mean

[Pikkerpukkerpotker]

@Glorbon And the lfie is getting harder again... As you propably know! So Guthrie needed again!

[donthavenosn]

there's always hitchhiking, that's probably more fun because you get to talk to different kinds of people.

[brettwhorton]

I know people who hop trains these days.

[Queen0fCups]

You can thank America's trial lawyers for the passing of good old America - creating the nanny state. Before long we will have to wear helmets and knee pads even in our houses. And we will only be allowed to eat broccoli - it's all for our own good, ya know!

[thejmags]

When you fucking swine produce a talent like Guthrie, you can talk to us.

[kevbrav]

No im 27 years old now, i was in a hurry at the time of the previous comment. Had to go to my mundane job, for my idiotic lifestyle. "Blithering idiot"? a little quick to judge i may add. What makes you so superior? I just do not like what the World is becoming.

[jesuinogrilo]

Man, I feel just like the same. I live in Brazil and can tell you that's all the same shit everywhere around the globe. Dark ages we're living. Technicians ruling the whole world. It's like a nightmare sometimes, and you can never wake up! It may sound pessimistic, but it's just reality as it is. Sure we can have nice moments and stuff. But how can we get free from these balls and chains of meaningless work and lifestyle that creates the empyness we feel?

[kevbrav]

Its great to know im not alone, i just feel that were all living a lie. How have we got into this mess? And what do we do to change it? These i feel, are the questions of our time. Its going to be a tough few years, but maybe this Economic crash will help us to see what fools weve all been.

[88Opeth88]

Jesus

[jerryma]

we need a lot more woody guthrie...where has all the folk singers gone...

[davesamain]

How about Jim Page?

[Drummerhodge]

This is a great documentary. Folks need to know Woody's role in shaping this country and chronicling its history.

[nuzelgub]

woody did not shape your country or history. nature did!

[js1971cat]

Human nature genius!