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Bob Dylan’s new CD Tempest due September 11, 2012

Now available for pre-order – Dylan will release studio album of new material marking 50th year in music business

Tempest Bob Dylans new CD Tempest due September 11, 2012 photo Columbia Records announced today that Bob Dylan’s new studio album, Tempest, will be released on September 11, 2012.

Featuring ten new and original Bob Dylan songs, the release of Tempest coincides with the 50th Anniversary of the artist’s self-titled 1962 debut album.

This year is also the 100th Birthday of Woody Guthrie, one of Dylan’s major inspirations as a singer songwriter with a social conscience.  Dylan is still living on the road like he role model Guthrie.
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Hunting for the Woody Guthrie’s Guitars

Celebrating the 100th Birthday of Woody Guthrie – Woody played hundreds and here are some notables

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Woody Guthrie’s 1930s Slingerland May Bell guitar worth $70,000 in 2006 at Christie’s NYC (photo Stephen Chernin Getty Images)

We don’t know where many of Woody Guthrie’s guitars are since Woody was fairly casual about property and his guitars.

Arlo Guthrie, his son, has a guitar his father gave him. Paul Allen, the founder of Microsoft is supposed to have one as well.

If they were available for sale, Woody’s guitars would be very expensive to buy.

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Guitars of famous musicians get premium prices. Bob Dylan’s Fender Stratocaster from the Newport Folk Festival in 1965 is worth $500,000 to $1 million dollars.

I started this journey months ago asking the simple question: how close is the Gibson Woody Guthrie SJ to any guitar Woody Guthrie played. I learned that the Woody Guthrie SJ is very close to the guitar he bought in December 1943, but that was by no means Woody’s only or main guitar.

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My Dusty Road by Woody Guthrie – review

Celebrating the 100th Birthday of Woody Guthrie – Rounder’s 4 CD box set of Woody Guthrie’s lost recordings

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Woody Guthrie, My Dusty Road (Rounder)

Woody Guthrie was born July 12, 1912 making this the centenary of his birth.  ‘My Dusty Road’ is a great way to appreciate the music of Woody Guthrie to mark the occasion.

Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Bruce Springsteen and almost every singer songwriter you can name owes a debt to Woody Guthrie.

Everyone knows at least one Woody Guthrie song, probably ‘This Land is Your Land’.

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There have been celebrations all over the world in remembrance of his life and music.

I wanted to revisit Woody’s music apart from his social significance. One of the best compilations of Guthrie’s music is “My Dusty Road” on Rounder Records. The 4 CD set is a musical treat with 54 songs, some of them never released before, an unheard recording session and the collector’s packaging.  I covered the 2009 release in Woody Guthrie’s lost recordings released from the historical perspective.

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What Guitar Did Woody Guthrie Play?

Woody Guthrie’s 100th Birthday would be July 14, 2012

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Woody Guthrie guitar kills Fascists – playing a Gibson J-45 or L-00

It’s a famous picture with the Woody Guthrie guitar sign proclaiming his war on Fascism.

What guitar was that?

Martin Guitar did a Woody Guthrie commemorative guitar but it was not the one in the picture. The Martin is a 000-18.

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Gibson has a Woody Guthrie SJ that looks like the famous photo.

We are preparing a review of the Gibson Woody Guthrie SJ for his 100th birthday. Continue reading →