This year would have been Okemah-born activist and folk legend
Woody Guthrie's 100th birthday.
A week of events is planned for March 5-11.
Read more about a March 10 concert blowout featuring John Mellencamp, the Flaming Lips, Hanson, Arlo Guthrie, Rosanne Cash and more,
herePLUS! Read more in Sunday's Tulsa World!Here's a compilation of famous stars covering Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land," featuring John Mellencamp, Arlo Guthrie, Little Richard, Emmylou Harris, Bono and more:
Here's a very rare live performance:
Another rare live performance from 1947:
Bruce Springsteen sings "
Car, Car (Riding in My Car)," by Guthrie:
Bob Dylan and
Dave Van Ronk cover the same tune:
Here's one of Guthrie's songs, with music written to his lyrics by
Billy Bragg and
Wilco. "
California Stars" was only a lyric sheet when he died in 1967. It was released in 1998 on the album "Mermaid Avenue." The project was put together by his daughter, Nora:
Emmylou Harris covers "Hobo's Lullaby":
Singer-songwriter
Ani DeFranco covers "Do Re Mi":
Folk legend
Pete Seeger, featuring a live performance by Guthrie:
Billy Bragg and Wilco perform Guthrie lyrics in the song "
Secrets of the Sea," from "
Mermaid Avenue II."
U2 on their version of Guthrie's "Jesus Christ":
Pop musician
Beck sings Guthrie's "Ain't Got No Home":
