Woody Guthrie's Modern World Blues

Unlock Guthrie from the confines of rural folk and Hollywood mythology, as Will Kaufman does here, and you'll find an abstract painter and sculptor who wrote about atomic energy and Ingrid Bergman and developed advanced theories human engineering - in short, a folk singer who was deeply engaged with the art, ideas, and issues of his time.

Mentioneaza-l pe Woody Guthrie si oamenii care cunosc numele se vor gandi probabil la „Okie Bard”, furtuni de praf in spatele lui, calarind intr-un vagon sau mergand pe un drum rosu-murdar, cu o chitara batuta legata de spate. Dar deblocati-l pe Guthrie din limitele poporului rural si mitologiei hollywoodiene, asa cum face Will Kaufman aici, si veti gasi un pictor si sculptor abstract care a scris despre energia atomica si Ingrid Bergman si a dezvoltat teorii avansate ale materialismului dialectic si ingineriei umane - pe scurt , un cantaret popular care a fost profund angajat in arta, ideile si problemele din timpul sau.