REMEMBERING WOODY GUTHRIE, THE CROTON CONNECTION

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Remembering Woody Guthrie, who died this date in 1967; read more here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_Guthrie

But...Woody Guthrie also had a Croton Connection. Thanks to Fabiana Chiu of The Greater Croton SongBook FB page for the article:

It Happened in Croton by Fabiana Chiu for The (Greater) Croton Songbook

The place was Croton-on-Hudson. The year was 1946. Twelve years young and with flowing long dark hair, Dorothy Botkin (now Dorothy Rosenthal) was busy helping her parents (Ben and Gertrude) get ready for a very important visit. Click on the link to read more https://www.facebook.com/TheGreaterCrotonSongbook/posts/937336126356711

YOU MAY ALSO ENJOY:

--More about BEN BOTKIN here http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2016/02/book-on-civil-war-written-by-ben-botkin.html

--A LOOK BACK @ CROTON'S LEE HAYS http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2014/08/a-look-back-crotons-lee-hays.html

--CLASSIC TRAIN SONGS, The City of New Orleans, courtesy of our friend Paul Race--wonderful--scroll down the page once you get there http://www.classictrainsongs.com/city_of_new_orleans.htm

--PETE SEEGER http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2014/01/pete-seeger-dies-at-age-94-usa-todayand.html

--and from PAUL RACE, WHAT WAS THE "FOLK REVIVAL" https://creekdontrise.com/folk_songs/folk_rev/what_is_folk_rev.htm