Woody Guthrie

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American folk musician folk singer guitarist human political activist singer-songwriter

Woody Guthrie was an American folk singer-songwriter and political troubadour whose socially conscious songs, including "This Land Is Your Land," profoundly shaped 20th-century popular and protest music.

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Label	Occurrences
Woody Guthrie canonical	74
Woodrow Wilson Guthrie	2
Woody Guthrie’s Dust Bowl years	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American folk musician ⓘ folk singer ⓘ guitarist ⓘ human ⓘ political activist ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ
associatedWith	Cisco Houston ⓘ Lead Belly ⓘ Pete Seeger ⓘ The Weavers ⓘ
authorOf	Bound for Glory ⓘ
causeOfDeath	Huntington's disease ⓘ
child	Arlo Guthrie ⓘ Joady Guthrie ⓘ Nora Guthrie ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1912-07-14 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1967-10-03 ⓘ
era	20th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup	European American ⓘ surface form: White American
familyName	Guthrie ⓘ
fieldOfWork	anti-fascist music ⓘ labor movement songs ⓘ socially conscious songwriting ⓘ
fullName	Woody Guthrie self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Woodrow Wilson Guthrie
genre	country music ⓘ folk music ⓘ protest music ⓘ
givenName	Woodrow Wilson ⓘ surface form: Woodrow
hasSignature	Woody Guthrie signature ⓘ
influenced	20th-century popular music ⓘ American protest music ⓘ Bob Dylan ⓘ Bruce Springsteen ⓘ Joan Baez ⓘ Phil Ochs ⓘ Ramblin' Jack Elliott ⓘ
instrument	guitar ⓘ harmonica ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	natural causes ⓘ
memberOf	Almanac Singers ⓘ
movement	American folk music revival ⓘ protest song movement ⓘ
nickname	Woody ⓘ
notableFeature	guitar often bore the slogan "This machine kills fascists" ⓘ
notableWork	Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) ⓘ Do Re Mi ⓘ Hard Travelin' ⓘ Pastures of Plenty ⓘ Pretty Boy Floyd ⓘ Roll On, Columbia, Roll On ⓘ So Long, It’s Been Good to Know Yuh ⓘ This Land Is Your Land ⓘ
occupation	author ⓘ musician ⓘ political troubadour ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Okemah, Oklahoma, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath	New York City ⓘ surface form: New York City, New York, United States
politicalAlignment	left-wing politics ⓘ socialism ⓘ
religion	Protestant background ⓘ
residence	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California New York City ⓘ Oklahoma ⓘ
spouse	Anneke Van Kirk (uncertain) ⓘ Marlene (Marlene) – uncertain ⓘ Marlene Dietrich ⓘ surface form: Marlene Dietrich (incorrect – disregard if verifying facts strictly) Mary Jennings ⓘ
subjectOf	Bound for Glory ⓘ

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So Long, It’s Been Good to Know Yuh → composer → Woody Guthrie ⓘ

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Do Re Mi → composer → Woody Guthrie ⓘ

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Roll On, Columbia, Roll On → composer → Woody Guthrie ⓘ

Roll On, Columbia, Roll On → lyricist → Woody Guthrie ⓘ