Who is Woody Guthrie?

Woody Guthrie was the people and composer of the United States, fully named Woodrow Wilson Guthrie. He was born in OKEMAH in Oklahoma 14. July 1912, the year when Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey was nominated as a democratic presidential candidate, Woody Guthrie experienced a number of tragedies in his youth. These included his sister's death, his mother's involuntary commitment, who had Huntington's illness, and his father's injury in the fire. When the family divided, Woody Guthrie left home before the completion of high school and began what would be primarily by life on the road.

Woody Guthrie learned to play accordion and guitar and began writing songs as a young adult. Although he regularly wrote articles and hosted radio programs - both with others and solo - and served in business naval and US army, music was in his career with continuous fiber. When he moved on the ground - he married three times and the paternity of eight children - wrote some of the most popular folk songs and children's songs.

While his most famous song is "This country is your country," he wrote "so long, it was good to know that", "Grand Coulee Dam", "hard, it's not difficult" and "Pretty Boy Floyd". His children's songs include "WHY, OH WHY", "Pretty and Shiny-O", "Put the finger in the air", "the song of the car or driving in my car", "Jig along the houses" and "all cooperate", many of which are not recognized as Woody Guthrie, but it was assumed that they were old folk songs.

After 15 years and outside the hospital, Woody Guthrie died of Huntington's disease on October 3, 1967 in Queens, New York. His influence lives in the music of his son Arlo Guthrie and on his songs, which was created by himself and other singers such as Joan Baez, Harry Belafonte, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Kingston Trio, Peteseeger, Weavers, Bruce Springsteen and many others.