Woody Guthrie at 100–Tribute Concert feat. John Cohen (New Lost City Ramblers), Eli Smith, Mamie Minch, Geoff Wiley, Willy Gantrim, Jaime Longhi, Ernie Vega
Woody Guthrie at 100 -Tribute Concert
Saturday, July 14
Show starts at 9:00
$10 cover
Woody Guthrie at 100 – Tribute Concert at the Jalopy Theatre! Songwriter, poet, political activist and Coney Island resident Woody Guthrie, born July 14th, 1912 would have turned 100 years old this year. Best known for his composition “This Land Is Your Land,” a song known as a second national anthem and sung by school children nationwide, Guthrie was a native of Oklahoma who moved to Brooklyn in 1940 and lived here more or less for the rest of his life. On Saturday July 14th, Woody’s 100th birthday, the Jalopy Theatre will present a tribute concert to Guthrie featuring a number of New York City and Brooklyn’s best folk music performers, including people that knew Guthrie personally and can speak about him. The event will feature a number of performers including John Cohen (of the New Lost City Ramblers), Eli Smith, Mamie Minch, Geoff Wiley, Willy Gantrim, Jaime Longhi and others performing Woody’s songs. Smith will also be reading brief selections from Guthrie’s works of poetry and prose. The film “To Hear Your Banjo Play,” the only footage of Guthrie in his prime, will also be screened.
About Woody Guthrie at 100 -Tribute Concert
Woody Guthrie at 100 – Tribute Concert at the Jalopy Theatre!
Songwriter, poet, political activist and Coney Island resident Woody Guthrie, born July 14th, 1912 would have turned 100 years old this year. Best known for his composition “This Land Is Your Land,” a song known as a second national anthem and sung by school children nationwide, Guthrie was a native of Oklahoma who moved to Brooklyn in 1940 and lived here more or less for the rest of his life.
On Saturday July 14th, Woody’s 100th birthday, the Jalopy Theatre will present a tribute concert to Guthrie featuring a number of New York City and Brooklyn’s best folk music performers, including people that knew Guthrie personally and can speak about him.
The event will feature a number of performers including John Cohen (of the New Lost City Ramblers), Eli Smith, Mamie Minch, Geoff Wiley, Willy Gantrim, Jaime Longhi and others performing Woody’s songs. Smith will also be reading brief selections from Guthrie’s works of poetry and prose. The film “To Hear Your Banjo Play,” the only footage of Guthrie in his prime, will also be screened.