Remembering Woody Guthrie on the anniversary of his death.

Woody said:  "I would like to see every single soldier on every single side, just take off your helmet, unbuckle your kit, lay down your rifle, and set down at the side of some shady lane, and say, nope, I aint a gonna kill nobody. Plenty of rich folks wants to fight. Give them the guns."

Woody Gutrie, songwriter, singer, poet, social critic, and model for a generation of other singers died on October 3, 1967 after a long struggle with Huntington's disease.  He was 55.  Woody called his songs "people's songs." His vision for spiritual and social justice embodied in his lyrics and music continue to shape and influence American society.  Coming of age in Oklahoma during the time of the "Dustbowl"  and Great Depression he traveled throughout America during the 1930s, 40s and 50s as one of the main spokespeople for the causes of labor, anti-facism, anti-racism, and democracy.