Woody Guthrie

Woody Guthrie has been the subject of countless compilations and anthologies. But My Dusty Road beats them all. There's a simple reason for this: fidelity. This four-disc set, which was culled from original metal masters, sounds just amazing. Guthrie's voice feels intimate and warm, while his picking contains none of the fuzzy blah that plagued earlier releases. It doesn't matter if you're a longtime Woody fan or a newbie, My Dusty Road is essential to understanding the American folk experience.

There are umpteen collections of the music of legendary folkie storyteller, agitator and
Dylan role model Woody Guthrie, and almost all of them sound like they were recorded in a
refrigerator box. But this one qualifies as genuine news. The back story is a crate-digger's
wet dream: cardboard drums filled with pristine 78-rpm metal masters, given up for lost long
ago, were found in the basement storage bin of a Brooklyn apartment belonging... More >