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.

Aliases (1)

Woodrow Wilson Guthrie ×1

Statements (72)

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	White American →
familyName	Guthrie →
fieldOfWork	anti-fascist music → labor movement songs → socially conscious songwriting →
fullName	Woodrow Wilson Guthrie →
genre	country music → folk music → protest music →
givenName	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, New York, United States →
politicalAlignment	left-wing politics → socialism →
religion	Protestant background →
residence	California → New York City → Oklahoma →
spouse	Anneke Van Kirk (uncertain) → Marlene (Marlene) – uncertain → Marlene Dietrich (incorrect – disregard if verifying facts strictly) → Mary Jennings →
subjectOf	Bound for Glory →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bruce Springsteen → Paul Simon →	influencedBy
Pete Seeger →	collaboratedWith
This Land Is Your Land →	creator
This Land Is Your Land →	firstRecordedBy
Woody Guthrie ("Woodrow Wilson Guthrie") →	fullName
American folk music revival →	hasNotableFigure
This Land Is Your Land →	lyricist
This Land Is Your Land →	notablePerformer