Folk legend Woody Guthrie, an extraordinary hard-driving, ‘truth-telling man’ from the Oklahoma Plains, who left the American mid-west Dust Bowl in the 1930s for the promise of California and on his journey became one of America’s most noted poet-folk singers. 

Guthrie, through years of travelling, penned more than 1000 songs, many in protest about injustice and inequality.  He sang about historic events, migrant workers, hoboes, stories of the disenfranchised and ignored, love, and the fight against fascism. He even penned a song called “Old Man Trump” (1954) about Donald’s father, whom he accused of stirring up racism through residential segregation in his Beach Haven apartment complex.  

One of his best-known songs, “This Land is Your Land” (1940), has become an alternative anthem in America. His songs have been reimagined by dozens of folk singers such as Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Billy Bragg, and many more. Nearly 60 years after his death, an album with refined original songs Woody at Home, was released in 2025.  Roadshow.