Woody Guthrie Center - No mandolin content
A friend of mine recently visited the Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa, and took some shots of some really neat instruments. I love the small body old Gibson, the fiddle, and that epic banjo. Just thought you guys might like to see.
http://woodyguthriecenter.org
Mandolins: Northfield 5-Bar Artist Model "Old Dog", J Bovier F5 Special, Gibson A-00 (1940)
Fiddles: 1920s Strad copy, 1930s Strad copy, Liu Xi T20, Liu Xi T19+ Dark.
Guitars: Taylor 514c (1995), Gibson Southern Jumbo (1940s), Gibson L-48 (1940s), Les Paul Custom (1978), Fender Strat (Black/RWFB) (1984), Fender Strat (Candy Apple Red/MFB) (1985).
Sitars: Hiren Roy KP (1980s), Naskar (1970s), Naskar (1960s).
Misc: 8 Course Lute (L.K.Brown)
Re: Woody Guthrie Center - No mandolin content
He did play some, of course.
Oddly, there don't seem to be any clips of him playing Woody's Rag on line, just cover versions.
Re: Woody Guthrie Center - No mandolin content
Interesting that OK now takes pride in Guthrie, which sure wasn't true when he was alive, or even in the first years after his death. He was a bit too radical and unorthodox, to earn their public respect -- at least until recently.
This thread has several pics of Guthrie playing mandolin.
Allen Hopkins
Gibsn: '54 F5 3pt F2 A-N Custm K1 m'cello
Natl Triolian Dobro mando
Victoria b-back Merrill alumnm b-back
H-O mandolinetto
Stradolin Vega banjolin
Sobell'dola Washburn b-back'dola
Eastmn: 615'dola 805 m'cello
Flatiron 3K OM
Re: Woody Guthrie Center - No mandolin content
I found a picture of him playing that fiddle.
Mandolins: Northfield 5-Bar Artist Model "Old Dog", J Bovier F5 Special, Gibson A-00 (1940)
Fiddles: 1920s Strad copy, 1930s Strad copy, Liu Xi T20, Liu Xi T19+ Dark.
Guitars: Taylor 514c (1995), Gibson Southern Jumbo (1940s), Gibson L-48 (1940s), Les Paul Custom (1978), Fender Strat (Black/RWFB) (1984), Fender Strat (Candy Apple Red/MFB) (1985).
Sitars: Hiren Roy KP (1980s), Naskar (1970s), Naskar (1960s).
Misc: 8 Course Lute (L.K.Brown)
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Woody Guthrie has been a big influence for me. I recall looping a CD at night for a week straight to see if listening to it in my sleep would have any effect. Not sure that it did.
Robert Fear
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"Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don't.
" - Pete Seeger
Re: Woody Guthrie Center - No mandolin content
I just saw this posted at The Vintage Gibson Mandolin group on facebook. I'm not sure when it was donated, but it does seem to be since this thread was started. Funny how it doesn't appear in any of the three photos we've found of Woody playing mandolin.Interesting finish.
But that's just my opinion. I could be wrong. - Dennis Miller
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