Various performers ; Peter Fonda and Will Geer, narrators. Recorded Hollywood Bowl.
Contents:
This land is your land (Arlo Guthrie, Joan Baez, Odetta, Pete Seeger, Country Joe McDonald, Richie Havens, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Earl Robinson, and band). Oklahoma hills (Arlo Guthrie) -- Pretty Boy Floyd (Country Joe McDonald) -- So long, it's been good to know yuh Joan Baez, Pete Seeger) -- Goin' down the road feeling bad (Country Joe McDonald, Arlo Guthrie, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Pete Seeger) -- I ain't got no home (Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie) -- Do re mi (Arlo Guthrie) -- Plane wreck at Los Gatos (Deportee) / words by Woody Guthrie ; music by Martin Hoffman (Joan Baez) -- Ramblin 'round / words by Woody Guthrie ; music by Huddie Ledbetter & John Lomax (Odetta) -- Roll on Columbia / words by Woody Guthrie ; music by Huddie Ledbetter & John Lomax (Pete Seeger, Earl Robinson) -- Nine hundred miles / words by Woody Guthrie (Richie Havens) -- Woman at home / words by Woody Guthrie ; music by Country Joe McDonald (Country Joe McDonald) -- The sinking of the Reuben James (Pete Seeger) -- I've got to know ; This land is your land (Arlo Guthrie, Joan Baez, Odetta, Pete Seeger, Country Joe McDonald, Richie Havens, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Earl Robinson, and band). Bonus features (12 min.): Arlo and Ramblin' Jack reflect on the rehearsal and concert -- Pastures of plenty (Joan Baez). John Hardy (Odetta) -- Pastures of plenty (Joan Baez).
Summary:
The tribute concert at the Hollywood Bowl in 1970, a fundraiser for the California Chapter of the Committee to Combat Huntington's Disease, now known as the Hereditary Disease Foundation, celebrates the work of folk singer and songwriter, Woody Guthrie, and has never been seen before.
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