Pete Seeger sings Pastures of Plenty written by Guthrie in 1942
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also listen to the version by Holly Near and Ronnie Gilbert. Both versions are very powerful in their own right.
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My God!
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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.
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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.
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Wow.
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What year was this filmed? It looks like the 80's.
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To me, the banjo is *the* instrument to accompany this song.
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Thanks!
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Great performance of a classic song. Thanks to Stewball for sending it.
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
stewballmax2 3 years ago 13
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.
terradisiena 3 years ago 5