Woody Guthrie’s 100th Birthday Party

Posted April 15th, 2012

Date: May 17th, 8:00 pm

Title: Woody Guthrie’s 100th Birthday Party

Location: West End Cultural Centre

Host Organization: MayWorks

The songs and stories of America’s tuning fork Woodrow Wilson Guthrie as presented by leading and less know lights of Winnipeg’s brilliant folk music community including The Magnificent Sevens, Sweet Alibi, Dry Bones (ft.Nathan Rogers, JD Edwards and Leonard Podolak). Woody Guthrie documented the struggles of working class people and his body of work is unparalleled. The concert will feature his best known and most lyrically and musically beautiful songs and some of his best stories and recitations.