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The Live Wire: Woody Guthrie in Concert 1949 is a recording of a 1949 concert in Newark, New Jersey. The Recording is unique as few live recordings of Woody Guthrie survive. The program consists of Woody and Marjorie Guthrie on stage. Woody answers Marjorie's questions about his life and sings accompanying songs. The recording was taken on two spools of wire, a significant restoration process was required to clean up the audio of these wires.[1] In 2008 the album won a Grammy Award for Best Historical Album.[1]
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- How much? How long?
- Black Diamond
- I was there and the dust was there
- The Great Dust Storm
- Folk singers and dancers
- Talking Dust Bowl Blues
- Tom Joad
- Columbia River
- Pastures of Plenty
- Grand Coulee Dam
- Told by Mother Bloor
- 1913 Massacre
- Quit sending your inspectors
- Goodbye Centralia
- A cowboy of some kind
- Dead or Alive
- Jesus Christ has come!
- Jesus Christ
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