Woody Guthrie’s Death – Cause and Date

The folk singer Woody Guthrie died at the age of 55. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Influential folk singer best known for his song “This Land Is Your Land.” He was a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee in 1988.

He married Mary Jennings on October 28, 1933, then Marjorie Greenblatt Mazia on November 13, 1945, and then Anneke Van Kirk on December 2, 1953. He had eight children. 

Quotes

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“There’s several ways of saying what’s on your mind. And in states and counties where it ain’t too healthy to talk too loud, speak your mind, or even vote like you want to, folks have found other ways of getting the word around. One of the mainest ways is by singing.” (Woody Guthrie)

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“If you play more than two chords, you’re showing off.” (Woody Guthrie)

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“This land is your land, this land is my land, From California to the New York Island. From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters This land was made for you and me.” (Woody Guthrie)

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“Left wing, chicken wing, it don’t make no difference to me.” (Woody Guthrie)

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“I ain’t a Communist necessarily, but I been in the red all my life.” (Woody Guthrie)