Roaming Through Woody Guthrie's New York

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

In response to my last email, one of my Amherst College classmates sent the following response.  

Peace.

*****

Classmates,

You don't even have to have the time to view a video!

Here in New York, we knew all along about the any people who (famously or supposedly unknown-ly) lived in our City!  Despite being an Oklahoman, Woody was here half his life.

Just last Friday, the NYTimes published a long article about the story of Woody's life here, and specifically the places he frequented.  And the online posting of the story has got a dozen photographs, as well as (for you die-hard fans) a 10-minute video of two of his grandchildren sharing their stories and visiting the sites. 

Some of the more poignant and simply humbler details about his life, I hadn't known.  But it's all pretty cool:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/19/arts/music/roaming-through-woody-guthries-new-york.html

[As a subscriber, I'm not aware of how and why non-subscribers might not be free to access the Times's webpages.  But I believe that, at least until the 7th day (this Friday the 26th), their content is free to read.  Possibly, it requires registering to do so.]