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Photo Gallery + Music: The Great Woody Guthrie In New York

Photo by Lester Balog.

These photos of Woody Guthrie are part of a new three CD set, My Name Is New York; Ramblin’ Around Woody Guthrie’s Town.

Both Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen are just two of the many, many musicians influenced by Woody Guthrie.

The press materials for the set describe it like this:

‘My Name Is New York; Ramblin’ Around Woody Guthrie’s Town’ is a three-disc collection that offers an intimate portrait of Woody’s NYC life through storytelling and music. Produced by Steve Rosenthal, Michael Kleff and Woody’s daughter Nora Guthrie, ‘My Name is New York’ presents two discs of an audio tour and stories that contextualize Woody’s New York with new interviews, song snippets and a history narrated by Nora, plus a third disc of music, including some never before heard demos and previously unpublished songs from the Archives. THere is also a book which can be purchased with the CDs or separately.

These photos of Woody are obviously very cool. Below them is a new video made by the New York Times about Woody’s years in New York. It includes Woody singing songs he wrote while in New York.

Photo by Alfred Puhn.

Woody Guthrie, “New York Town”:

Photo by Eric Schaal.

Woody Guthrie, “Tom Joad”:

Photo by Eric Schaal.

Billy Bragg and Wilco, “Go Down To The Water”:

Photo courtesy of the Seeger family.

“Vigilante Man”:

Photo courtesy of Norah Guthrie.

Ry Cooder, “Vigilante Man”:

Photo by Eric Schaal.

“My Name Is New York” promo:

Photo by Marjorie Guthrie.

Woody Guthrie, “Jesus Christ”:

Bob Dylan and The Band, “I Ain’t Got No Home,” Carnegie Hall, 1968:

Bob Dylan and The Band, “Grand Coulee Dam,” Carnegie Hall, 1968:

Grand Coulee Dam by Bob Dylan & The Band on Grooveshark

New York Times video about Woody Guthrie in New York:

You can get the set here.

Here’s info on the CD set and book from the Woody Guthrie website:

The CD set:

3-CD guide to 19 locations in New York City where Woody Guthrie lived and wrote.

It’s the story of Woody’s 27 years living here in the city, and we visit 19 historic locations – in this 3-CD set – where Woody lived and worked. Now, for the first time, you’ll actually be able to hear these stories told by those who knew him best, in many different ways and through various encounters and circumstances; music partners Pete Seeger, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Sonny Terry, and Bess Lomax Hawes, Woody’s first wife Mary Guthrie, Woody’s merchant marine buddy Jimmy Longhi, Bob Dylan, Woody’s second wife Marjorie Guthrie, Arlo Guthrie, Nora Guthrie and many others share their memories with you first-hand.

3-CD Track Listing:

Disc 1: February 16, 1940 — November 1942
1. 59th Street at 5th Avenue, Manhattan
2. 101 West 43rd Street, Manhattan
3. 57 East 4th Street, Manhattan
4. 31 East 21st Street, Manhattan
5. 5 West 101st Street, Manhattan
6. 70 East 12th Street, Manhattan
7. 130 West 10th Street, Manhattan
8. 430 6th Avenue, Manhattan
9. 148 West 14th Street, Manhattan
10. 647 Hudson Street, Manhattan

Disc 2: December, 1942 — October 3, 1967
1. 74 Charles Street, Manhattan
2. 3815 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn
3. 3520 Mermaid Avenue, Brooklyn
4. 49 Murdock Court, Brooklyn
5. 517 East 5th Street, Manhattan
6. Brooklyn State Hospital, 681 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn
7. 159-13 85th Street, Queens
8. Creedmore State Hospital, Queens
9. Final Resting Place: Atlantic Ocean, Brooklyn

Music Bonus CD Tracklist
1. “New York Town” (Woody Guthrie/Cisco Houston/Sonny Terry)
2. “New York Trains” (Del McCoury)
3. “Union Maid” (Almanac Singers)
4. “My New York City” (Mike + Ruthy)
5. “Tom Joad” (Woody Guthrie)
6. “Man’s A Fool” (Woody Guthrie/Sonny Terry) home tape
7. “Vigilante Man” (Woody Guthrie)
8. “Union Air in Union Square” (Lowry Hamner)
9. “Round and Round Hitler’s Grave” (Almanac Singers)
10. “Jesus Christ” (Woody Guthrie)
11. “Beatitudes” (Reverend Billy & the Stop Shopping Choir)
12. “This Land Is Your Land” (Woody Guthrie)
13. “Go Coney Island, Roll On The Sand” (Demolition String Band with Stephan Said)
14. “Howdi Do” (Ramblin’ Jack Elliott)
15. “My Name Is New York” (Woody Guthrie) home demo tape
16. “Go Down to the Water” (Billy Bragg & Wilco)

Total time: 167:34

The book:

A pocket-sized guide to 19 locations in New York City where Woody Guthrie lived and wrote.

Includes:

– Historic text and photographs from each location

– Chronological listing of songs written in NYC

– Original song lyrics and never before published documents from the Woody Guthrie Archives

– Excerpts from Woody Guthrie’s NYC address book

Dust bowl troubadour Woody Guthrie first arrived in New York City on February 16, 1940. Although he continued to ramble, for 27 years— from 1940 until his death in 1967—New York was the city he called home and always returned to.

For the first time, this wonderful New York story comes to life with historical photos, documents, and previously unpublished lyrics from the Woody Guthrie Archives. Highlighting 19 significant locations, this little guide provides an expansive yet intimate portrait of Woody Guthrie’s NYC life. We invite you to walk the streets, ride the buses and subways, or sit down and relax on some of the stoops, park benches, or beaches where Woody Guthrie did—always strumming away on his guitar, always working on a new song.

Many of Woody’s most popular songs were written in apartments, lofts, and other locations around “New York Town.” That song, along with “Jesus Christ,” “Vigilante Man,” “Hard Travelin’,” “Tom Joad,” “Reuben James,” “All You Fascists Bound to Lose,” and “1913 Massacre,” are among the more than 600 he composed in The Big Apple. Most surprisingly, his iconic “This Land Is Your Land,” was written at a small rooming house on 43rd Street and Sixth Avenue, on February 23, 1940 within a few days of his arrival. With new friends Pete Seeger, Lead Belly, Sonny Terry, and Brownie McGhee and the Almanac Singers he was at the center of a new movement—introducing and popularizing rural, roots, topical, and protest music to modern, urban audiences.

[I just published my rock ‘n’ roll novel, True Love Scars.” Rolling Stone has a great review of my book in the new issue. Read it here. There’s info about True Love Scars here.]

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Audio: Jeff Tweedy Debuts Another New Song, ‘High As Hello’

Another song from Tweedy, the band formed by Jeff Tweedy.

This one is called “High As Hello.”

The group’s album, Sukierae, is out on Sept. 23.

Tweedy includes members of R.E.M. (Scott McCaughey) and Lucius (singers Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig). Plusw Tweedy’s 18-year-old son Spencer on drums

There’s a cool video of Tweedy and band performing the song live at NPR.

And this song, “Wait For Love,” is good too:

[I just published my rock ‘n’ roll/ coming-of-age novel, “True Love Scars,” which features a narrator who is obsessed with Bob Dylan. To read the first chapter, head here.

Or watch an arty video with audio of me reading from the novel here.

Of just buy the damn thing:

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Audio: Jeff Tweedy Debuts New Song, ‘I’ll Sing It’ – Listen Now!

Photo via Jeff Tweedy’s Facebook page.

Under the band name Tweedy, Jeff Tweedy is releasing an album titled Sukierae on Sept. 16, 2014.

His son Spencer plays drums on the album, and on this track that Tweedy let loose today called “I’ll Sing It.”

Check it out:

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Video: Bob Dylan’s ‘Americana Tour’ – Memphis, July 2, 2013 – Partial set

Here’s Bob Dylan at Autozone Park, Memphis, TN.

This video includes songs from the other performers (Wilco, My Morning Jacket, etc.) and part of Dylan’s set, which starts at about 40 minutes in.

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Audio: Jeff Tweedy Sings Nick Drake’s ‘Pink Moon,’ Beatles’ ‘I’m Only Sleeping’ & More

Here are some great live recordings from Jeff Tweedy’s solo show at the Vitoria Theater in Chicago on February 15, 2014.

Great to hear him cover Nick Drake’s “Pink Moon.”

“Pink Moon”:

“Born Alone”:

“I’m Only Sleeping”:

“Kicking Television”:

And this one is from a show in L.A. last December:

“The Thanks I Get”:

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Video: Bob Dylan, Mr. Uncomfortable, Poses for a Photo with Jeff Tweedy, Sings ‘The Weight’

Take a look at Bob Dylan’s face in the above photo, which appeared today on American Songwriter. Then think about what it would be like if everyone you came in contact with wanted something from you. A photo. An autograph. A response to a question. An acknowledgement.

Something.

They always want some goddamn thing.

So maybe, even if it’s another artist, even if it’s Jeff Tweedy, you wouldn’t be in the greatest mood when the photographer took the photo.

Here’s Tweedy on playing “The Weight” with Dylan:

“We played that song in a different key every night. It was never in the same key. The tour manager would say, ‘It’s in A flat tonight.’ Or we’d already be out onstage, and we’d talk to Tony Garnier, the bass player, and somehow ask him which key and he’d say, ‘A flat.’ And that’s in front of a lot of people. But Dylan never told us. I think he likes putting himself and his band into a corner, to see if they can play their way out.”

“The Weight,” Virginia Beach, VA, on July 24, 2013:

Hoboken, NJ, on July 26, 2013:

Another clip of the same performance:

Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Irvine, CA, August 3, 2013:

Another clip of the same performance:

Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Irvine, CA, August 4, 2013:

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Listen: Rare Uncle Tupelo Demo, ‘This Year’

Uncle Tupelo’s No Depression will be released as a two-disc, remastered set on January 28, 2014.

Meanwhile check out his rare track off it:

“This Year”:

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Watch: Jeff Tweedy Covers Kinks, John Lennon at Fillmore

Jeff Tweedy plays The Kinks’ “Oklahoma USA” and John Lennon’s “God,” The Fillmore, San Francisco, Dec. 12, 2013.

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Watch: Jeff Tweedy Lowballs it in Seattle — “Don’t expect this to be good”

Jeff Tweedy performed solo Sunday night at The Moore Theater in Seattle.

Lucky for us a fan, John L., shot video of nine songs.

After flubbing a chord eight songs into the set, Tweedy says to the audience:

I probably made that same mistake 100 times with the band and no one would ever know. ‘Cause it all sounds like the wrong chords when you’re by yourself. I’m sorry, it’s the best I can do. There’s going to be a lot of that. Just so you know. Don’t expect this to be good. That’s all I’m saying.”

He was wrong of course. It’s very good.

Check out the set list here.

Jeff Tweedy “I Am Trying to Break Your Heart”:

Jeff Tweedy “Kamera”:

Jeff Tweedy “The Ruling Class”:

Jeff Tweedy “At Least That’s What You Said”:

Jeff Tweedy “Please Tell My Brother”:

Jeff Tweedy “Jesus, Etc.”:

Jeff Tweedy “Pecan Pie”:

Jeff Tweedy “Laminated Cat (aka Not for the Season)”:

Jeff Tweedy “Dreamer in My Dreams”:

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