Woody Guthrie - Dust Bowl Ballads

Wax Love present a reissue of Woody Guthrie's Dust Bowl Ballads, originally released as a full LP in 1964. This is the first record that "The Oklahoma Cowboy" made in NYC for Alan Lomax, after his arrival in 1940, as part of his work for the Library of Congress, taped on April 26th and May 3rd. Originally released as three separate 78 rpm records, these are Guthrie's tales about one of the most dire periods in rural America, the Dust Bowl era. This quintessential work proves that Guthrie was a true minstrel of the other face of America, the one that you can't find in history books: tales of poverty, migration, storms, illness, hunger and harsh criticism of the American government. This record kills fascists.

Tracks

1. The Great Dust Storm (Dust Storm Disaster)
2. Talkin' Dust Bowl Blues
3. Pretty Boy Floyd
4. Dusty Old Dust (So Long It's Been God to Know Yuh)
5. Dust Bowl Blues
6. Blowin' Down This Road (I Ain't Going to Be Treated This Way)
7. Tom Joad, Pt. 1
8. Tom Joad, Pt. 2
9. Do Re Mi
10. Dust Bowl Refugee
11. I Ain't Got No Home In This World Anymore
12. Vigilante Man
13. Dust Cain't Kill Me
14. Dust Pneumonia Blues
15. Talkin' Dust Bowl Blues (Alternate Version (Previously Unreleased))