American folk legend Woody Guthrie would have been 100 today. His lasting influence was noted via Twitter:
Wilco: Happy Birthday (Wilco celebrated with a live version of California Stars featuring them & Andrew Bird this week)
Billy Bragg: In the pantheon of American poets, Woody belongs midway between Walt Whitman and Bob Dylan.
Michael McKean: This birthday kills fascists: Woody Guthrie, still slayin’ ’em at 100.
Shelby Lynne: Happy 100th #Birthday #WoodyGuthrie A National Treasure
Steve Earle: Steve pays tribute to Woody Guthrie on his 100th birthday with a special episode of the “Steve Earle Show”
Earlier this year Jim James of My Morning Jacket (Yim Yames) and Will Johnson spoke on the “New Multitudes” project where they helped take unfinished songs, poems and other musings of Woody Guthrie and reimagined them for a new album. More from Sir Duke of Weeping Elvis.
