Editing Woody Guthrie (section)

===Legacy===
Since his death, artists have paid tribute to Guthrie by [[Cover versions|covering]] his songs or by dedicating songs to him. On January 20, 1968, three months after Guthrie's death, [[Harold Leventhal]] produced ''A Tribute to Woody Guthrie'' at New York City's [[Carnegie Hall]].<ref>WoodyGuthrie.org. [http://www.woodyguthrie.org/harold.htm Harold Leventhal: The Fifth Weaver.] Retrieved on November 14, 2007.</ref> Performers included Jack Elliott, [[Pete Seeger]], [[Tom Paxton]], [[Bob Dylan]] and [[The Band]], [[Judy Collins]], [[Arlo Guthrie]], [[Richie Havens]], [[Odetta]], and others. Leventhal repeated the tribute on September 12, 1970, at the [[Hollywood Bowl]]. Recordings of both concerts were eventually released as LPs and later combined into one CD.<ref>The Band's website. [http://theband.hiof.no/albums/tribute_to_woody_guthrie.html ''Various Artists: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie, Part 1.''] Retrieved on November 14, 2007.</ref> A film of the Hollywood Bowl concert was discovered and issued as a DVD in 2019: "Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970"—(MVD Visual. MVD2331D, 2019).

The Irish folk singer [[Christy Moore]] was also strongly influenced by Woody Guthrie in his seminal 1972 album ''[[Prosperous (album)|Prosperous]]'', giving renditions of "[[Ludlow Massacre (song)|The Ludlow Massacre]]" and Bob Dylan's "[[Song to Woody]]". Dylan also penned the poem ''[[Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie]]'' as a tribute.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bobdylan.com/#/songs/last-thoughts-woody-guthrie |title=Official Bob Dylan Site &#124; The Official Bob Dylan Site |publisher=Bobdylan.com |date=January 23, 2012 |access-date=March 23, 2012 |archive-date=December 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091201105001/http://www.bobdylan.com/#/songs/last-thoughts-woody-guthrie |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Andy Irvine (musician)|Andy Irvine]]—Moore's bandmate in Irish folk group [[Planxty]] and lifelong admirer of Guthrie—wrote his tribute song "[[Andy Irvine (musician)#Tribute song to Woody Guthrie: "Never Tire of the Road"|Never Tire of the Road]]" (released on the album ''[[Rain on the Roof (Andy Irvine album)|Rain on the Roof]]''), which includes the chorus from a song Guthrie recorded in March 1944: "[[Woody Guthrie discography#The Martins and the Coys: A Contemporary Folk Tale|You Fascists Are Bound to Lose]]". In 1986, Irvine also recorded both parts of Guthrie's "The Ballad of Tom Joad" together as a complete song—under the title of "Tom Joad"—on the first album released by his other band, [[Patrick Street]]. [[Bruce Springsteen]] also performed a cover of Guthrie's "[[This Land Is Your Land|This Land is Your Land]]" on his live album ''[[Live 1975–1985]]''. In the introduction to the song, Springsteen referred to it as "just about one of the most beautiful songs ever written".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fretbase.com/fretbase/2008/07/play-woody-guth.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081001231225/http://www.fretbase.com/fretbase/2008/07/play-woody-guth.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 1, 2008|title=Fretbase: Play Woody Guthrie's This Land is Your Land|date=October 1, 2008}}</ref>

In 1979, [[Sammy Walker (singer)|Sammy Walker]]'s LP ''Songs From Woody's Pen'' was released by Folkways Records. Though the original recordings of these songs date back more than 30 years, Walker sings them in a traditional folk-revivalist manner reminiscent of Guthrie's social conscience and sense of humor. Speaking of Guthrie, Walker said: "I can't think of hardly anyone who has had as much influence on my own singing and songwriting as Woody."<ref name="SWSongs">{{cite web
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In September 1996, [[Cleveland]]'s [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame|Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum]] and [[Case Western Reserve University]] cohosted ''Hard Travelin': The Life and Legacy of Woody Guthrie'', a 10-day conference of panel sessions, lectures, and concerts. The conference became the first in what would become the museum's annual American Music Masters Series conference.<ref>Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. [http://www.rockhall.com/public/american-music-masters American Music Masters Series.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080201221133/http://www.rockhall.com/public/american-music-masters/ |date=February 1, 2008 }} Retrieved February 12, 2008.</ref> Highlights included [[Arlo Guthrie|Arlo Guthrie's]] [[Keynote|keynote address]], a Saturday night musical jamboree at Cleveland's Odeon Theater, and a Sunday night concert at [[Severance Hall]], the home of the [[Cleveland Orchestra]].<ref>Barden, Tom. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum's American Masters Series: Woody Guthrie, 1996-Jimmie Rodgers, 1997-Robert Johnson, 1998. ''Journal of American Folklore'', Vol. 112, No. 446, (Autumn 1999), p.551-4. Retrieved February 12, 2008.</ref> Musicians performing over the course of the conference included [[Arlo Guthrie]], [[Bruce Springsteen]], [[Billy Bragg]], [[Pete Seeger]], [[Ramblin' Jack Elliott]], the [[Indigo Girls]], [[Ellis Paul]], [[Jimmy LaFave]], [[Ani DiFranco]], and others.<ref>Robicheau, Paul. Ellis Paul's got Woody Guthrie under his skin. ''Boston Globe'', September 20, 1996.</ref> In 1999, [[Wesleyan University Press]] published a collection of essays from the conference<ref>Santelli, Robert. [https://www.amazon.com/dp/0819563919 ''Hard Travelin': The Life and Legacy of Woody Guthrie''], Wesleyan University Press, 1999. {{ISBN|0-8195-6391-9}}</ref> and [[Ani DiFranco|DiFranco]]'s record label, [[Righteous Babe Records|Righteous Babe]], released a compilation of the Severance Hall concert, ''Til We Outnumber 'Em'', in 2000.<ref>Righteous Babe Website. [http://www.righteousbabe.com/store/prod_albums.asp?id=350 ''Till we Outnumber 'Em'' track listing.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071108214836/http://www.righteousbabe.com/store/prod_albums.asp?id=350 |date=November 8, 2007 }} Retrieved on April 9, 2007.</ref>

From 1999 to 2002, the [[Smithsonian Institution|Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service]] presented the traveling exhibit, ''This Land Is Your Land: The Life and Legacy of Woody Guthrie''. In collaboration with [[Nora Guthrie]], the Smithsonian exhibition draws from rarely seen objects, illustrations, film footage, and recorded performances to reveal a complex man who was at once poet, musician, protester, idealist, itinerant hobo, and folk legend.<ref>Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. [http://www.sites.si.edu/exhibitions/exhibits/archived_exhibitions/woody_gutherie.htm Archive: Past Exhibitions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122120629/http://www.sites.si.edu/exhibitions/exhibits/archived_exhibitions/woody_gutherie.htm |date=January 22, 2009 }}. Retrieved November 13, 2007.</ref>

In 2003, [[Jimmy LaFave]] produced a Woody Guthrie tribute show called ''Ribbon of Highway, Endless Skyway''. The ensemble show toured around the country and included a rotating cast of singer-songwriters individually performing Guthrie's songs. Interspersed between songs were Guthrie's philosophical writings read by a narrator. In addition to LaFave, members of the rotating cast included [[Ellis Paul]], [[Slaid Cleaves]], [[Eliza Gilkyson]], [[Joel Rafael]], husband-wife duo [[Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion|Sarah Lee Guthrie]] (Woody Guthrie's granddaughter) and [[Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion|Johnny Irion]], [[Michael Fracasso]], and [[The Burns Sisters]]. Oklahoma songwriter [[Bob Childers]], sometimes called "the Dylan of the Dust", served as narrator.<ref name="PropagandaMedia">Propaganda Media Group, Inc. [http://www.propagandamediagroup.com/artists/ribbon_of_highway_endless_skyway/bio.htm Ribbon of Highway&nbsp;– Endless Skyway: Concert in the Spirit of Woody Guthrie] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060112091818/http://www.propagandamediagroup.com/artists/ribbon_of_highway_endless_skyway/bio.htm |date=January 12, 2006 }}. Retrieved February 6, 2007.</ref><ref>RibbonofHighway.com. [http://www.ribbonofhighway.com/ Ribbon of Highway, Endless Skyway website.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029204518/http://www.ribbonofhighway.com/ |date=October 29, 2013 }} Retrieved on January 25, 2007.</ref>

When word spread about the tour, performers began contacting LaFave, whose only prerequisite was to have an inspirational connection to Guthrie. Each artist chose the Guthrie songs that he or she would perform as part of the tribute. LaFave said, "It works because all the performers are Guthrie enthusiasts in some form".<ref name="Conroe Courier">Martinez, Rebekah. [http://www.hcnonline.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=6963646&BRD=1574&PAG=461&dept_id=532207&rfi=8 "Tribute to Woody Guthrie Tour makes a stop in Conroe Feb. 16"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927011658/http://www.hcnonline.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=6963646&BRD=1574&PAG=461&dept_id=532207&rfi=8 |date=September 27, 2007 }}, ''The Courier'' (Conroe, TX.), February 7, 2003. Retrieved February 7, 2007.</ref> The inaugural performance of the Ribbon of Highway tour took place on February 5, 2003, at the [[Ryman Auditorium]] in [[Nashville]]. The abbreviated show was a featured segment of ''Nashville Sings Woody'', yet another tribute concert to commemorate the music of Woody Guthrie held during the Folk Alliance Conference. The cast of ''Nashville Sings Woody'', a benefit for the Woody Guthrie Foundation and Archives, also included [[Arlo Guthrie]], [[Marty Stuart]], [[Nanci Griffith]], [[Guy Clark]], [[Ramblin' Jack Elliott]], [[Janis Ian]], and others.<ref name="2003FolkAlliance">{{cite web |url=http://alpha.fdu.edu/wfdu/Folk%20Alliance.htm |title=15th Annual Folk Alliance Conference: Nashville Sings Woody |publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson University |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060522042339/http://alpha.fdu.edu/wfdu/Folk%20Alliance.htm |archive-date=May 22, 2006 |access-date=July 12, 2012}}</ref>

[[File:New Multitudes at Webster Hall.jpg|alt=New Multitudes onstage with red lighting|thumb|As a part of Guthrie's centennial celebrations, the ''[[New Multitudes]]'' performers played compositions including his lyrics at Webster Hall in New York City (from left to right: [[Anders Parker]], [[Will Johnson (musician)|Will Johnson]] [drumming], [[Jay Farrar]], and [[Jim James|Yim Yames]])]]

Woody and Marjorie Guthrie were honored at a musical celebration featuring [[Billy Bragg]] and the band [[Brad (band)|Brad]] on October 17, 2007, at [[Webster Hall]] in New York City. [[Steve Earle]] also performed. The event was hosted by actor/activist [[Tim Robbins]] to benefit the Huntington's Disease Society of America to commemorate the organization's 40th&nbsp;Anniversary.<ref>BrooklynVegan.com.[http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2007/09/a_woody_guthrie.html Woody Guthrie Benefit @ Webster Hall]. Retrieved November 8, 2007.</ref>

In ''[[I'm Not There]]'', a 2007 biographical movie about [[Bob Dylan]], one of the characters introduced in the film as segments of Dylan's life is a young African-American boy who calls himself "Woody Guthrie". The purpose of this particular character was a reference to Dylan's youthful obsession with Guthrie. The fictional Woody also reflects the fictitious autobiographies that Dylan constructed during his early career as he established his own artistic identity. In the film there is even a scene where the fictional Woody visits the real Woody Guthrie as he lies ill and dying in a hospital in New York (a reference to the times when a nineteen-year-old Dylan would regularly visit his idol, after learning of his whereabouts, while he was hospitalized in New York in the 1960s). Later, a sketch on ''Saturday Night Live'' would spoof these visits, alleging that Dylan stole the line, "They'll stone you for playing your guitar!" from Guthrie.

[[File:Okemah mural.jpg|alt=|thumb|Guthrie has continued to remain popular decades after his death; this mural was painted in his hometown of Okemah in 1994]]

[[Pete Seeger]] had the [[Sloop Woody Guthrie|Sloop ''Woody Guthrie'']] built for an organization he founded, the [[Hudson River Sloop Clearwater]].<ref>[http://www.beaconsloopclub.org/Sloop.html Beacon Sloop Club] Retrieved August 28, 2008.</ref> It was launched in 1978. Now operated by the Beacon Sloop Club, it serves to educate people about sailing and the history and environs of the [[Hudson River]].

In 1988, Woody Guthrie was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,<ref>Rock and Roll Hall of Fame website. [http://www.rockhall.com/inductees/woody-guthrie Woody Guthrie biography] Retrieved on November 3, 2007.</ref> and, in 2000, he was honored with the [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]].<ref>Grammy Foundation website. [http://www.grammy.com/Recording_Academy/Awards/Lifetime_Awards/ Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards – Past Recipients.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070213065421/http://www.grammy.com/Recording_Academy/Awards/Lifetime_Awards/ |date=February 13, 2007 }} Retrieved on November 3, 2007.</ref> Guthrie was inducted into the [[Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame]] in 1997. In 2006, Guthrie was inducted into the [[Oklahoma Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oklahomaheritage.com/HallofFame/ByName/tabid/89/Default.aspx|title=Oklahoma Hall of Fame|access-date=November 16, 2012}}</ref> In 1987, "[[Roll on Columbia]]" was chosen as the official Washington State Folk Song,<ref>Netstate.com. [http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/song/wa_roll_on_columbia.htm The Washington State Folk Song.] Retrieved on November 27, 2007.</ref> and in 2001 Guthrie's "[[Oklahoma Hills]]" was chosen to be the official state folk song of Oklahoma.<ref name="curtis">{{Cite news|url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/only-in-oklahoma-this-man-was-our-man/article_324f81ed-f406-566c-97f3-d82c37e3b28e.html|title=Only in Oklahoma: This man was our man|last=Curtis|first=Gene|date=March 17, 2007|newspaper=Tulsa World|access-date=January 29, 2017}}</ref>

On June 26, 1998, as part of its Legends of American Music series, the [[United States Postal Service]] issued 45 million 32-cent stamps honoring folk musicians [[Huddie Ledbetter]], Guthrie, [[Sonny Terry]] and [[Josh White]]. The four musicians were represented on sheets of 20&nbsp;stamps.<ref>United States Postal Service. [http://shop.usps.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10152&storeId=10001&productId=17017&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=13383 Legends of American Music.] June 26, 1998. Retrieved January 7, 2008.</ref>

In July 2001, [[CB's Gallery]] in New York City began hosting an annual Woody Guthrie Birthday Bash concert featuring multiple performers. This event moved to the [[Bowery Poetry Club]] in 2007 after CB's Gallery and [[CBGB]], its parent club, closed. The final concert in the series took place on July 14, 2012, Guthrie's 100th birthday.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stevesuffet.com/wgbb.html|title=Woody Guthrie Birthday Bash Annual Round Robin Songfest|website=stevesuffet.com}}</ref>

In January 2005, Canadian hip-hop artist [[Buck 65]] released ''[[This Right Here Is Buck 65]]''. Track 8 is a cover of "Talking Fishing Blues".

In 2006, [[The Klezmatics]] set Jewish lyrics written by Guthrie to music. The resulting album, ''[[Wonder Wheel (album)|Wonder Wheel]]'', won the Grammy award for best contemporary world music album.<ref name="cdbaby-klez"/>

On February 10, 2008, ''[[The Live Wire: Woody Guthrie in Performance 1949]]'', a rare live recording released in cooperation with the Woody Guthrie Foundation,<ref>Himes, Geoffrey. [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/02/arts/music/02himes.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5124&en=732c25c27d89715f&ex=1346299200&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink "Dead 40 Years, Woody Guthrie Stays Busy"], ''The New York Times'', September 2, 2007. Retrieved February 8, 2008.</ref> was the recipient of a [[Grammy Award]] in the category [[Best Historical Album]].<ref>Wilk, Tom. [http://njmonthly.com/articles/best-of-Jersey/best-of-jersey-woody-guthrie.html Woody: Wired in Newark.] ''New Jersey Monthly'', March 10, 2008. Retrieved December 11, 2009.</ref> Less than two years later, Guthrie was again nominated for a Grammy in the same category with the 2009 release of ''My Dusty Road'' on Rounder Records.<ref>Tackett, Travis. [http://www.bluegrassjournal.com/2009/12/03/rounder-recording-artists-garner-6-grammy-nominations Rounder Recording Artists garner 6 Grammy Nominations.] Bluegrass Journal.com. December 3, 2009. Retrieved December 11, 2009.</ref>

In the centennial year of Guthrie's birth, another album of newly composed songs on his lyrics has been released: ''[[New Multitudes]]''. On March 10, 2012, there was a tribute concert at the Brady Theater in [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]]. [[John Mellencamp]], [[Arlo Guthrie]], [[Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion]], the [[Del McCoury Band]] and the [[Flaming Lips]] performed.<ref name="Billboard12">{{cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/502545/jay-farrar-tackles-woody-guthrie-in-new-multitudes | title=Jay Farrar Tackles Woody Guthrie in 'New Multitudes' | magazine=Billboard | date=March 9, 2012 | access-date=March 14, 2012 | first=Phil| last=Gallo}}</ref>

The [[Grammy Museum at L.A. Live|Grammy Museum]] held a tribute week in April 2012<ref>{{cite web |title=Woody Guthrie Centennial Celebration Los Angeles |url= http://www.grammymuseum.org/programs/woody-guthrie-centennial-celebration-la |website=Grammy Museum at L.A. Live |access-date=August 2, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160417201854/http://www.grammymuseum.org/programs/woody-guthrie-centennial-celebration-la |archive-date=April 17, 2016 |location=Los Angeles}}</ref> and the [[Songwriters Hall of Fame]] a tribute in June. A four-disc box ''Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions'' by [[Billy Bragg]] and [[Wilco]], with 17 unreleased songs and a documentary, was planned for April release.<ref name="Billboard12" />

On July 10, 2012, [[Smithsonian Folkways]] released ''Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection'', a 150-page large-format book with three CDs containing 57 tracks. The set also contains 21 previously unreleased performances and six never before released original songs, including Woody's first known—and recently discovered—recordings from 1937.<ref>{{cite news|first=Joe |last=Heim |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/woody-guthrie-at-100-american-struggles-and-dreams/2012/07/09/gJQAI82MYW_story.html |title=Woody Guthrie at 100: American struggles and dreams |newspaper=The Washington Post|date=July 9, 2012 |access-date=December 18, 2012}}</ref> The box set received two nominations for the 55th Annual Grammy Awards, including Best Historical Album and Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package. It also won an Independent Music Award for Best Compilation Album in 2013.<ref>[http://www.independentmusicawards.com/ima/2013/12th-annual-independent-music-awards-winners-announced "12th Annual Independent Music Awards Winners Announced!"] Independent Music Awards, June 11, 2013. Retrieved September 4, 2013.</ref>

From February 18 through May 22, 2022, the [[Morgan Library & Museum]] in [[Manhattan]] held an exhibition titled [https://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/woody-guthrie "Woody Guthrie: People Are the Song"]

On September 30, 2022, [[Dropkick Murphys]] released ''[[This Machine Still Kills Fascists]]''. The acoustic album consists of ten songs featuring unused lyrics by Guthrie. [[Nora Guthrie]], Woody's daughter, reached out to the band giving them exclusive access to her father's archives. "I collected lyrics on all kinds of topics … lyrics that seemed to be needed to be said — or screamed — today. [[Ken Casey]] is a master at understanding Woody's lyrics, which can be complicated, long, deadly serious, or totally ridiculous. DKM is capable of delivering them all" Nora Guthrie said.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/dropkick-murphys-announce-album-tour-150416109.html|title=Dropkick Murphys Announce New Album and Tour Featuring the Words of Woody Guthrie|website=dropkickmurphys.com|access-date=June 22, 2022}}</ref>