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Woody, Brownee, Sonny, Butch and Pete

Started by Ben · 8 months ago

Sometime early on in my discovery of YouTube I thought to search on Woody Guthrie. I found this one forty-five second clip, which noted that it was
[o]ne of the two surviving film clips of Woody Guthrie performing. This one is from 1945. The other, with Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, is ... Continue reading »

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  • The first song is called "Greenback Dollar".

    The chorus goes, "I don't want your greenback dollar, I don't want your silver chain, all I want is your love darlin', won't you take me back again?"

    Suprised you couldn't recognize this, because it's definitely one of Woody's best songs. Thanks for the clip, I never saw this particular version of it until now. Check out my youtube page: www.youtube.com/zkafel

    In solidarity,

    Zachary Kafel
  • Zach, thanks for the song title!

    I'm looking forward to checking out your music that you have up on YouTube.

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