In celebration of the birth of Woody Guthrie, we here in Thoronia thought we’d kick out some of our favorite Guthrie/Guthrie inspired jams. It’s no mistake that we follow many of the same rules as Woody, in particular his thoughts on copyright, which have influenced us greatly:
“This song is Copyrighted in U.S., under Seal of Copyright #154085, for a period of 28 years, and anybody caught singin’ it without our permission, will be mighty good friends of ourn, cause we don’t give a dern. Publish it. Write it. Sing it. Swing to it. Yodel it. We wrote it, that’s all we wanted to do.”
Thanks Woody, your complete distaste for “song ownership” has made the copyfight a far more interesting battle — if all musicians and artists would simply accept the fact that fans will be bigger fans with freedom, perhaps the music industry can learn to expand and change. Until then, here are some songs, some rare, and a video of Springsteen performing “I Ain’t Got No Home.”
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