Woody Guthrie - "Red River Valley"

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This video features Woody Guthrie's "Red River Valley" from the 1999 album "Buffalo Skinners: The Asch Recordings, Vol. 4" on Smithsonian Folkways.

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[slowpokecat]

every Union man owes this man a word of thanks.

[gabi925]

I used to sing this song 30 years ago in Romania... Amazing, I never knew till now who composed it and where was sung in the world. Now I am in Canada but I could feel it again and sing it still on piano for someone else...someone else that I wish to see playing it on guitar...as I did at her age. Love is the same no matter the relationship.

[GONEmypurpleflapjack]

@navaho1946 This machine pwns n00bs.

[gavocrazy]

@ajweberman America go down what tubes? I dont see no tubes! i guess it'd be some awfully big tubes for america to have to go down

[TomThumbsBlues1965]

@reiligha i said nothing of comparing them or made any comment on imitation. theres a difference between imitation and profound influence which guthrie obviously was on him. i would never compare them because the are sooo different. i love them both and you i can see have good taste too if youre listening to woody, i just wanted to clear that up.

[PsychedelicFlower1]

@reiligha I wouldn't say Dylan was imitating Woody, he was just heavily inspired by him, and it definitely shows in Dylan's music, they are great and unforgettable musicians.

[reiligha]

@TomThumbsBlues1965 Don't compare Bob Dylan to Woody Guthrie, and especially don't put Dylan first. Everybody knows Bob Dylan was just trying to imitate Woody Guthrie, and as great of a folks artist as he was, he's no Guthrie.

[TomThumbsBlues1965]

its been decided, im naming my first born son dylan woodrow (bob dylan, woody guthrie)

[aiascunaxu]

@mattymraz The Red River of the North, as it's called, actually has its source in North Dakota/Minnesota, and flows north into Manitoba toward the Hudson Bay.

[ajweberman]

Guthrie was the best of the Left. Now it is a bunch of hate America scumbags who want to see America go down the tubes.

[ChuckyChainz]

@ajweberman <do you guys know who this is? His name is AJ Weberman, he got his ass kicked by Bob Dylan in the early 70s for going through Dylan's trash outside his home in woodstock, looking for evidence that Bob was a junkie. Now he posts "How to roll a joint" videos on youtube. Just so you know who you're dealing with.

[mattymraz]

I found out this song was written by a woman in Manitoba, Canada whose husband went out to fight in the NW rebellion in Canada. The "Red River" is the famous river in Manitoba going down into the Dakotas. I just thought I'd share that tid bit becuase I tought it was cool since most think it's about Texas Red River Valley.