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Woody Guthrie
Earle, Steve | July 21, 2003 issue

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The article profiles American folk singer Woody Guthrie. The singer's death was caused by Huntington's chorea, a hereditary brain-wasting disease. He was born on July 14, 1912, in Okemah, Oklahoma. He started singing in migrant camps and on the picket lines up and down the lush interior valleys. During his late adolescence period, he divided his time between teaching himself to play several musical instruments and educating himself. According to the author, Guthrie was the living embodiment of everything a people's revolution is supposed to be about, the fact that working people have dignity, intelligence and value above and beyond the market's demand for their labor.

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GUTHRIE, Woody; FOLK singers; HUNTINGTON'S chorea; LABOR market; UNSKILLED labor; UNITED States
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