Woody Guthrie
Woody Guthrie
In the book "Bound for Glory" by Woody Guthrie, how did the econonmy impact the formative years of his life?
This on pp 19-115 of the book.
Any help is greatly appreciated..
Thanks
In Pampa, Texas, July 1936, some men congregate at a dusty filling station in the middle of the day. Economic depression has them debating what’s going to happen to their town. In California, it’s said, you can just plop a seed in the ground and you’ll find a sprout the next day. Woody Guthrie would rather strum his guitar. A traveling man pulls in and offers the men a dollar for any news he can use. Guthrie correctly deduces the man’s vocation and dreams, and wins fifty cents, despite claiming he “ain’t no mind reader.”
Woody’s wife Mary tells him he could make more money with his sign painting if he’d apply himself. The father of two seems to have other ideas. Word is out that he’s a fortune teller, and he’s asked to help a woman in town who has stopped drinking since her daughter died of dust pneumonia. By just talking to her, and the sound of Woody’s voice seems to break her out of her depression.
Work is scarce, and as a dust storm covers Pampa, all Guthrie can do is pick his guitar and ride it out. With no way to support his family in West Texas, he leaves a note, “Gone to California. Will send for you all. Love, Woody,” and - with only his paintbrushes, a harmonica, and the clothes on his back - hits the open road.
Guthrie falls in with some boxcar hoboes, before being kicked off the train by thugs. At the California border, he discovers the LAPD are turning away anyone who doesn’t have $300 cash. Guthrie finds himself at an encampment of fruit pickers, who practically beg for work from the ranchers. One day, Ozark Bule shows up at the camp with his guitar to spread the gospel of unionizing. He gets Guthrie an audition, and a $20 a week job performing on the radio results.
Guthrie’s show is a success, and he receives a raise to $35 a week. But his new sponsors insist no controversial material appear on the program. Bule advises his protégé to make a living. On air, Guthrie decides to sing about the Dust Bowl, the police, and the people he met on the road. His wife convinces him to sing to the tune of management, but a run-in with a fruit picker convinces Guthrie that his songs are making a difference.
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