Cat Power, Black Keys Play Guthrie/Steinbeck Tribute

Photo courtesy of the Palladin Group Just on the surface, Woody Guthrie and John Steinbeck have plenty in common. Guthrie was an Okie; Steinbeck wrote about them. Both filled their work with rural people and descriptions of the natural world, and in the process, both became spokesmen of sorts for the disenchanted. It turns out the connection between Guthrie and Steinbeck runs deeper than a comparison of their oeuvres would suggest, blood deep even. Guthrie's granddaughter, Sarah Lee Guthrie (dau...

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