Deportee (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos Canyon)

Woody Guthrie's classic protest against the mistreatment of Mexican farmworkers, written as a poem following the deaths of 28 laborers who were killed in a plane crash in January of 1948 and later set to music by Martin Hoffman. Guthrie's chorus including the names of his purported friends was an outcry against newspaper accounts that had in his view dehumanized the victims by referring to them only as "deportees."

The song has been covered by dozens of major artists, including Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Judy Collins, the Byrds, Cisco Houston, and many more. This version is by the second troupe of the Kingston Trio, from their most successful attempt at serious music, the 1964 album "Time To Think."
The KT's comfort with ethnic Mexican folk music shows through in the gentle rhythm of the guitar accompaniment, reminiscent of the rhythm of the corridos of Mexican folklore.

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• WoodyGuthrie
• folk
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[wmbrown6]

I've long preferred this haunting recording by the Trio to any and all others before and after, dating to my youth. First from a mono copy of the "Time to Think" LP, then getting it in stereo.

[CompVid101]

@wmbrown6 - I, too, think that this is the best version out there, and I love all the other versions. Dolly Parton does a fabulous job as well.

[fanchbrezoneg]

les deux meilleures versions de cette magnifique chanson sont interprètées par Cisco Houston et Judy Collins, Cisco a été publié post mortem. RIP good fellow, tu avais une distinction naturelle, la grande classe du vrai hobo que n'a jamais été ce faisan de Pete Seeger, un escroc intellectuel qui a pillé son père Charles Seeger musicologue à Harvard. cependant cet album "Time to Think" est le meilleur du Kington Trio John Stewart's years.

[CompVid101]

Pardon mon francais mal, s'il vous plait - mais merci beaucoup pour votre message. Je suis d'accord avec votre idée. Les meilleures versions sont par Cisco et Judy, mais celui-ci est bon aussi. Je suis d'accord avec vous aussi au sujet de TTT.

[UMIBL]

Keep em comin' Jim

[CompVid101]

I'm goin' to ditto that to you, Mick. We ned more UMIBL videos on YT!

[sensei48]

@mcpeanutful - I don't know it but will look for it and add it to the blog article about the song if I can

Jim Moran, aka Sensei48 and CompVid101

[kevinyomofo]

Not only is this song brilliant, This particular performance, like most of the Kingston Trio's performances, is so beautifully done

[mcpeanutful]

Does anybody know the version by the Short Sisters? It is on their album "A Planet Dancing Slow."

[kosmoscitizen999]

Sorry, search wiki or google.

[kosmoscitizen999]

For those desiring to know more of the history behind this song...search Utube or google "Bracero Project".

This read will give some insight into the current debate regarding immigration of workers--legal, illegal, and Mexican.

No heart has room for prejudice.

"The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens."

"Ye are the flowers of one garden."

Kosmos

[63molly]

Great song and great cover by the KT. Thanks for putting this on as well as the very good info about the songs history.

[fanchbrezoneg]

Non pas du tout, de l'excellent français meilleur que mon anglais.

Not at all, good french language, better than my poor english.

Cisco, Judy & The Trio are wonderful.

Hello from Brittany FRANCE old fellow.