Woody Guthrie
"The Live Wire"
"The Live Wire"
Recently unearthed, this is the only complete Guthrie concert ever released. It is delightfully informal, chatty, funny, and revealing. Given that Guthrie virtually created the template for the modern singer-songwriter, this is the folkie equivalent of the Rosetta Stone.
Listen to Scott Alarik talk about his picks
(Press play button below)
(Courtesy of the Woody Guthrie Foundation / Robin Carson)

- Top CD picks of 2007
- James Reed
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- Joan Anderman
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- Steve Greenlee
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- Jonathan Perry
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- Jeremy Eichler
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- Christopher Muther
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- Siddhartha Mitter
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- Sarah Rodman
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- Complete list

