WAMC Broadcasts a Woody Guthrie Birthday Celebration

ALBANY, NY (07/13/2012)(readMedia)-- On Saturday July 14th from 2 to 4pm, WAMC Northeast Public Radio listeners will be "Going Down the Road With Woody Guthrie" in this two-hour 100th birthday celebration special. Host Nick Spitzer and the American Routes team have created a definitive, highly entertaining radio special designed to interest listeners of all ages.

Commemorating our nation's greatest roving troubadour and social commentator, Woody Guthrie, we'll visit with friends and relatives who share tales of Guthrie's trials and triumphs, from Okemah, Oklahoma to Coney Island, New York. Guthrie's children, Nora and Arlo, reflect on their father's life, scholar Guy Logsdon discusses Guthrie's Dust Bowl days and Pete Seeger shares the backstory to Woody's anthem for the "down and outers." Plus music and memories from Ramblin' Jack Elliot, Moses Asch, Bob Dylan and so many others.

Member-supported WAMC Northeast Public Radio broadcasts news, informational and cultural programming to listeners in portions of seven northeastern states. WAMC is an award winning producer of regionally based programming and an affiliate of National Public Radio, American Public Media, and Public Radio International. To become a member go to: http://www.wamc.org/support.html

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