100 Years of Woody Guthrie – Tom Joad

When John Steinbeck read the lyrics to Woody Guthrie’s Ballad of Tom Joad…well, we’ll let Anna tell it.

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The two men admired each other greatly…fitting, then, that 2012’s Woody Guthrie Centennial celebration included an event with the National Steinbeck Festival.

And the Guthrie/Steinbeck collaborations don’t end there…

(Interview)

Talk about Dust Bowl Royalty.