October 3 - Remembering Woody Guthrie

Labor History in 2:00 · Oct 3, 2026 · 1m

On this day in Labor History the year was 1967.

That was the day that the “Dust-bowl Troubadour,” Woody Guthrie, died.

Over the course of his life, Woody Guthrie wrote almost 3,000 songs.

He was one of the thousands of people who took the road during the Great Depression, swept into wandering by the winds that churned the Dust Bowl.

In an interview with NPR, fellow folk music legend Pete Seeger described Guthrie’s influence, “We all read about music being part of people’s lives, but I hadn’t seen it in action until I met him. The words that came out of his mouth and the music he made all…