WOODY GUTHRIE 78 "POOR LAZARUS" ASCH 432-2 EX

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TWO REALLY WONDERFUL SIDES ON THIS VERY RARE AMERICAN FOLK BLUES 78  ON THE ASCH LABEL

WOODY GUTHRIE :  POOR LAZARUS (Bad Man Ballad)

Woody Guthrie - Poor Lazarus (bad man ballad)

POOR LAZARUS
(Woody Guthrie)

Dead or alive, it's a hard road
Dead or alive, it's a hard road
Dead or alive
Well the new sheriff sent me a letter
Oh the new sheriff sent me a letter
Come up and see me, dead or alive
Come up and see me, dead or alive
Well, he even sent me my picture

Well, he even sent me my picture

How do I look, boys, dead or alive
How do I look, boys, dead or alive

Well he said he would pay expenses
Dead or alive, hey, hey
Well, he said he would clothe and feed me
Dead or alive, poor boy
Well I'm sorry that I can't come sheriff
Dead or alive, poor boy
I don't like your hard rock hotel
Dead or alive, no sheriff
I've gotta go and see my
little sweet thing
Dead or alive, yes sheriff

Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie (July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967) is best known as an American singer-songwriter and folk musician, whose musical legacy includes hundreds of political, traditional and children's songs, ballads and improvised works. He frequently performed with the slogan This Machine Kills Fascists displayed on his guitar. His best-known song is "This Land Is Your Land", which is regularly sung in American schools. Many of his recorded songs are archived in the Library of Congress. Such songwriters as Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs and Tom Paxton have acknowledged their debt to Guthrie as an influence.

Guthrie traveled with migrant workers from Oklahoma to California and learned traditional folk and blues songs. Many of his songs are about his experiences in the Dust Bowl era during the Great Depression, earning him the nickname the "Dust Bowl Troubadour". Throughout his life Guthrie was associated with United States communist groups, though he was never an actual member of any.

Guthrie was married three times and fathered eight children, including American folk musician Arlo Guthrie. He is the grandfather of musician Sarah Lee Guthrie. Guthrie died from complications of Huntington's disease, a progressive genetic neurological disorder. During his later years, in spite of his illness, Guthrie served as a figurehead in the folk movement, providing inspiration to a generation of new folk musicians, including mentor relationships with Ramblin' Jack Elliott and Bob Dylan.

Woody Guthrie was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in 1997.

"Dead or Alive" was also recorded by Lonnie Donegan who claimed a partial song writing credit?!  It was released on the B side of "Bring a Little Water Sylvie"

b/w  "GLORY"  sung together with Sonny Terry, Alek and Cisco Houston

DISC DETAILS:

US ASCH 432-2   10" 78rpm shellac (1945)

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