Here’s an interesting article about the same musician: https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-07-21/why-woody-guthries-guitar-was-a-fascist-killer.html
Relevant paragraph:
Woody Guthrie’s guitar didn’t kill fascists because it fired bullets. It killed by neutralizing the fascists. Music, like culture, has the power to defeat right-wing extremists and their antidemocratic ideas rooted in xenophobia, racism, homophobia and sexism. Guthrie fought using ideas, language, music and the shared desire to build a better future together.
If you are interested in watching one of the most awkward movies ever, you should check out Alice’s Restaurant, based on a song by Woody Guthrie’s son, Arthur Guthrie.
FTFY
Thanks. I use voice to text and really need to proofread more often.
I swear, voice to text was better on Android 12 than after it got the big upgrade on Android 13 (if I’m recalling the versions correctly). Though it was still an issue then.
Edit calling: Correcting voice to text grammar
*Arlo
But yeah, the movie was pretty bad. It’s based somewhat on real events but with a lot of made up shit thrown in that Arlo himself didn’t like. The real-life Alice actually just died a few weeks ago.
But that’s not the name of the restaurant, that’s just the name of the song
And the movie.
Arlo is also notourious for his recording of The City of New Orleans. He didn’t write it, but he made it famous, and it has since been recorded by just about everyone.
It was shocking how sexist we were in the 60s.
Similar to how I feel about listening to Guthrie celebrate smoke rising from industrial chimneys.