Woody Guthrie at 100 – A Tribute Concert at the Jalopy Theatre
Dear friends,
On Saturday July 14th I will be hosting, “Woody Guthrie at 100 – A Tribute Concert at the Jalopy Theatre.”
Songwriter, poet, political activist and Coney Island resident Woody Guthrie, born July 14th, 1912 would have turned 100 years old this year. Best known for his composition “This Land Is Your Land,” a song known as a second national anthem and sung by school children nationwide, Guthrie was a native of Oklahoma who moved to Brooklyn in 1940 and lived here basically for the rest of his life.
On Saturday July 14th, Woody’s 100th birthday, the Jalopy Theatre will present a tribute concert to Guthrie featuring a number of New York City and Brooklyn’s best folk music performers, including people that knew Guthrie personally and can speak about him.
The event will feature a number of performers including John Cohen (of the New Lost City Ramblers), Eli Smith, Mamie Minch, Ernie Vega, Geoff Wiley, Jesse Lenat, Elizabeth Butters, Stephanie Jenkins, Bob Malenky, Jaime Longhi and others performing Woody’s songs. Smith and Cohen will also be reading brief selections from Guthrie’s works of poetry and goof-offs and Longhi will read from his father’s memoir of serving with Guthrie during WWII. The film “To Hear Your Banjo Play,” the only footage of Guthrie in his prime, will also be screened.
Details:
Jalopy Theatre
315 Columbia St.
Brooklyn, NY
11231
(718) 395-3214
Saturday July 14th
Showtime: 9pm
Gonna be a great show.
Hope to see you there!
P.S. Don’t forget to check out:
Woody Guthrie on live on WNYC with Leadbelly in 1940
The program was produced in 1940 by Down Home Radio co-founder Henrietta Yurchenco for WNYC and the recording was discovered in I believe in 2006. Down Home Radio rebroadcast it for the first time in 67 year in 2007 with commentary by Yurchenco.