Wilco - California Stars

Wilco performs California Stars from Sessions on W. 54th

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[WellsConor]

The lyrics to this song is written by Woody Guthrie, dude.

[TWANGBANGER13]

I miss Jay Bennett. :(

[M D]

Love the song..HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY

[Matt Robbins]

Great series, great performance. For years I had to rely on a gunked up dropped out VHS tape of this show, thank God I can dig this now.

[John Hennessy]

DITTO... Big Ditto.



[Kirobaito]

Sometime in the 1940s, Woody was by chance sitting next to a folklorist named John Greenway on a flight from California to Philadelphia. Greenway woke Woody up to point out that they were flying over Oklahoma, Woody's home, and Woody asked for a pen. He jotted down lyrics that began with "I'd like to lay my heavy head tonight on a bed of Oklahoma clouds." Greenway was shocked and truly amazed that Woody could write a song that quickly. We learned 50 years that that wasn't the whole story.

[Stephan Bennett]

I really miss Jay Bennett as well! Great recording of a Woody Guthrie song.

[laker2125]

*Are, not is.

[mavriksfan11]

That's true. But Tweedy is a really good songwriter. He even had a sestina published in McSweeney's, a rather important literary magazine.

[n2extreem]

Im imagining how woody guthries version would sound. I doubt it would be anything like this.

[smcmillen01]

they really need to make a movie about wilco while phillip seymour hoffman is still young enough to play jay bennett. I'm not wrong