![]() ![]() They ended up hiring Woody – and one of the most extraordinary and unusual examples of public patronage of the arts in music history unfolded. government agency, was looking for someone to write songs for a documentary movie they wanted to make to promote their work bringing cheap public power to the people of the Northwest. The Bonneville Power administration, a U.S. In 1941, Woody Guthrie was a little-known songwriter from Oklahoma already gaining a reputation for his powerful songs about working people’s lives and struggles. ![]() Description Woody Guthrie’s Roll On Columbia The Columbia River Collection Collected and Edited by Bill Murlinįoreword by Pete Seeger – Introduction by Alan Lomax ![]()
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