Woody Guthrie "This Land Is Your Land". He said it was a response to what he felt was the overplaying of Irving Berlin's "God Bless America" on the radio. Guthrie was married three times and fathered eight children. His son Arlo Guthrie became nationally known as a musician. Guthrie died in 1967 from complications of Huntington's disease. His first two daughters also died of the disease. During his later years, in spite of his illness, Guthrie served as a figurehead in the folk movement, providing inspiration to a generation of new folk musicians, including mentoring Ramblin' Jack Elliott and Bob Dylan. Guthrie
Woody Guthrie Folk Festival health benefits for 18,000 retired coal miners. Anna Canoni, Woody's granddaughter and Senior Operations Manager for Woody Guthrie Publications, presented "I Ain't Dead Yet: New Songs from the Woody Guthrie Archives." Lauren Lee coordinated "Woody's Kids" - a special songwriting workship for the younger folks, while Ellis Paul taught a songwriting workshop for adults. For the 7th consecutive year, John Dillon and Vivian Nesbitt, hosts of "Art of the Song: Creativity Radio", a 1-hour radio show airing on more than 100 radio stations across the U.S. and Canada, taped two interviews in front of a live audience to be broadcast