Woody Guthrie, the Dust Bowl Troubadour's Songs of Patriotism, and Despair.

American Patriot, Poet, and His Relevance To Today. Woody Guthrie is an American musical legend. I clearly remember my youth in rural Texas, and going to school and singing This Land Is Your Land ; and I only wish that youths today could get to share that experience. Here's the facts for you, today's America doesn't appreciate the patriotism of the Dust Bowl Troubadour . Patriotism, you see, isn't what it used to be. Today in American, when someone thinks of patriotism, they most likely think that a "patriot" embraces the ideals of corporate fascism, and the lies of a media that is owned by the friends of bankers, or even by the bankers, internationalist, globalists, one and all. But not Woody Guthrie, the songs...

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Leo Kottke, Folk Music, and Acoustic Guitars.

Turbo Folk Though Six and Twelve String Guitarwas not the first recorded album by Leo Kottke, it was certainly my introduction to him, and the album that put him on the forefront of everyone's mind who played guitar or was interested in that kind of music. Some folks call it folk music, and folk music it is, but the music of Leo Kottke is more like folk music on amphetamines or psychedelics. I've read it described asTurbo Folk, and that description works very well for it too. Six and Twelve String Guitar, also widely known as "the armadillo album" combined elements of the strange and the absolutely beautiful. The very names of the songs on the album let you know what the song will be like. Musical giants like J.S. Bach are covered...

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