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Fire and Dust, A Woody Guthrie Story
Reg Meuross
THE recent release of the film A Complete Unknown has hopefully raised further interest about the influence of Woody Guthrie on Bob Dylan’s early career. It therefore seems appropriate for an album paying tribute to the life and times of America’s great folk troubadour to be released, especially by an artist like Reg Meuross whose own career writing and singing songs about social injustice places him firmly in the Guthrie tradition.
Commissioned by The Who’s Pete Townsend, who also plays on two tracks, and following on from his most recent album Stolen from God about the transatlantic slave trade, this album is the culmination of four years’ research into the life and times of the dustbowl balladeer receiving the nod of approval from Guthrie’s daughter Nora.
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