1 Years - 1 Songs-2012 would have been the 100th birthday of American singer/songwriter Woody Guthrie. To mark his extraordinary achievements in songwriting this souvenir centennial songbook is now available. Woody Guthrie wrote over 3 000 songs in his lifetime yet only 300 or so were ever recorded. At the invitation of Guthrie's daughter Nora Guthrie contemporary singer/songwriters have set music to Guthrie's previously unpublished lyrics. Musicians such as Billy Bragg Wilco Dropkick Murphys Jonatha Brooke Jay Farrar Tom Morello Lou Reed The Klezmatics Hans-Eckardt Wenzel Madeleine Peyroux Janis Ian SarahLee Guthrie & Johnny Irion and Woody's son Arlo Guthrie have shown us how timeless Woody's words are.Every 100 Years is a compilation of 100 Woody Guthrie songs that run the gamut from work songs love songs and union & protest songs to topical songs and children's songs.
