New Book ’26 Songs in 30 Days’ Reveals the History of Woody Guthrie’s Columbia River Songs

From the October 2016 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY PAT MORAN In May 1941, Woody Guthrie walked into the Bonneville Power Administration office in Portland, Oregon—bearded, unkempt, and clutching a guitar. “The Department of Interior folks got ahold of me,” Guthrie wrote. “[They]took me into a clothes closet and melted my songs down onto records.” Guthrie’s … Continue reading New Book ’26 Songs in 30 Days’ Reveals the History of Woody Guthrie’s Columbia River Songs