Woody Guthrie, fallecido en 1967, fue objeto de dos conciertos de homenaje: en 1968 en el Carnegie Hall de Nueva York y en 1970 en el Hollywood Bowl de Los Ángeles. Bear Family Records publicará el 22 de septiembre “Woody Guthrie: The Tribute Concerts”, un libro disco de tres CDs en los que se recogen íntegros ambos conciertos, incluyendo material hasta ahora inédito. Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, Richie Havens, Odetta, Judy Collins, Tom Paxton, Country Joe McDonald y Jack Elliott fueron algunos de los músicos participantes. Los actores Will Geer y Peter Fonda ejercieron de narradores.
Listado de canciones de “Woody Guthrie: The Tribute Concerts”:
CD 1: At Carnegie Hall
1. Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie (harmonica) with Full Cast: Intro This Train Is Bound For Glory
2. Robert Ryan: Narration
3. Will Geer: Narration
4. Arlo Guthrie: Oklahoma Hills
5. Will Geer: Narration
6. Judy Collins: So Long, It’s Been Good To Know Yuh (Dusty Old Dust)
7. Robert Ryan: Narration
8. Woody Guthrie: Riding In My Car
9. Will Geer: Narration
10. Pete Seeger: Curly Headed Baby
11. Robert Ryan: Narration
12. Odetta: Ramblin’ Round
13. Will Geer: Narration
14. Pete Seeger, Judy Collins & Arlo Guthrie: Goin’ Down The Road (I Ain’t Gonna Be Treated This A-Way)
15. Robert Ryan: Narration
16. Tom Paxton: Pretty Boy Floyd
17. Will Geer: Narration
18. Richie Havens: Blues For Woody
19. Will Geer: Narration
20. Judy Collins: Plane Wreck At Los Gatos (Deportee)
21. Richie Havens: Vigilante Man
22. Tom Paxton: Pastures Of Plenty
23. Bob Dylan: Grand Coulee Dam
24. Bob Dylan: Dear Mrs. Roosevelt
25. Bob Dylan: I Ain’t Got No Home
26. Judy Collins: Roll On Columbia (Part 1)
27. Robert Ryan: Narration
28. Judy Collins: Roll On Columbia (Part 2)
29. Pete Seeger & Richie Havens: Jackhammer John
30. Tom Paxton: Biggest Thing That Man Has Ever Done (The Great Historical Bum)
31. Judy Collins & Pete Seeger: Union Maid
32. Robert Ryan/Will Geer/Judy Collins: Narration
33. Odetta, Will Geer, Arlo Guthrie with Full Cast: This Land Is Your Land
CD 2: At The Hollywood Bowl, Part 1
1. Full Cast: Intro This Train Is Bound For Glory
2. Peter Fonda & Will Geer: Narration
3. Arlo Guthrie: Oklahoma Hills
4. Will Geer: Narration
5. Joan Baez & Pete Seeger: So Long, It’s Been Good To Know Yuh
6. Peter Fonda: Narration
7. Country Joe McDonald, Arlo Guthrie, Jack Elliott & Pete Seeger: Goin’ Down The Road (Ain’t Gonna Be Treated This A-Way)
8. Peter Fonda & Will Geer: Narration
9. Joan Baez: Hobo’s Lullaby
10. Peter Fonda: Narration
11. Odetta: Ramblin’ Round
12. Will Geer: Narration
13. Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie: I Ain’t Got No Home (Woody Guthrie)
14. Peter Fonda: Narration
15. Country Joe McDonald: Pretty Boy Floyd
16. Richie Havens: Nine Hundred Miles
17. Will Geer & Peter Fonda: Narration
18. Joan Baez: Plane Wreck At Los Gatos (Deportee)
19. Peter Fonda: Narration
20. Odetta: John Hardy
21. Will Geer: Narration
22. Jack Elliott, Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Earl Robinson, Country Joe McDonald & Arlo Guthrie: Hard Travelin’
23. Will Geer: Narration
24. Richie Havens: Vigilante Man
25. Peter Fonda: Narration
26. Jack Elliott: 1913 Massacre
27. Arlo Guthrie: Do Re Mi (Woody Guthrie)
28. Will Geer: Narration
29. Joan Baez: Pastures Of Plenty (Woody Guthrie)
30. Peter Fonda: Narration
31. Earl Robinson & Pete Seeger: Roll On Columbia
CD 3: At The Hollywood Bowl, Part 2 / Bonus Tracks
1. Will Geer: Narration
2. Odetta with Will Geer & Peter Fonda: Why Oh Why & Narration
3. Earl Robinson: Mail Myself To You
4. Jack Elliott: Howdido
5. Peter Fonda: Narration
6. Country Joe McDonald: Woman At Home (Woody Guthrie – Country Joe McDonald)
7. Will Geer: Narration
8. Pete Seeger: The Sinking Of The Reuben James
9. Will Geer: Narration
10. Arlo Guthrie: Jesus Christ
11. Arlo Guthrie & Joan Baez (Background vocals: Odetta, John Pilla & Gib Guilbeau): I’ve Got To Know
12. Arlo Guthrie, Country Joe McDonald, Odetta, Joan Baez & Pete Seeger: This Train Is Bound For Glory
13. Peter Fonda & Joan Baez: Narration
14. Full Cast: This Land Is Your Land / So Long, It’s Been Good To Know Yuh
BONUS TRACKS:
15. Arlo Guthrie: “The only thing I really remember…”
16. Arlo Guthrie: “These events with a multitude of people…”
17. Judy Collins: “First of all, your mom…”
18. Jack Elliott: “I received an invitation…”
19. Jack Elliott: “I was very excited about the whole thing…”
20. Rick Robbins: “It was a mob scene…”
21. Rick Robbins: “When he came out…”
22. Judy Collins: “I was very nervous…”
23. Rick Robbins: “I was very moved by…”
24. Tom Paxton: “I was invited by…”
25. Tom Paxton: “We all went on stage together…”
26. Tom Paxton: “Oh, I look at pictures of me…”
27. Rick Robbins: “And then after the show was more memories…”
28. Phil Ochs: “The Woody Guthrie concert was my last straw…”
29. Arlo Guthrie: “The second time I had more of a hand…”
30. Country Joe McDonald: “Well at the rehearsal…”
31. Country Joe McDonald: “The soundcheck for the show I was sitting…”
32. Arlo Guthrie: “One of the great things…”
33. Arlo Guthrie: “I was with Warner Brothers at the time…”
34. Arlo Guthrie: “The records were made taking bits and pieces…”
35. Pete Seeger: “Woody lives on…”
36. Bob Dylan: Last Thoughts On Woody Guthrie
