Terkel comments and presents musical performance of Joe Glazer
Presenting music live with labor singer-songwriter Joe Glazer.
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Presenting music live with labor singer-songwriter Joe Glazer.
Marge Guthrie, Woody Guthrie’s second wife and Arlo Guthrie’s mother, joins Studs Terkel to discuss her late husband’s music and the lasting impact it made. Marge calls Woody a “chronicler,” remarking on his great ability to write songs about and for the common man, and informs Terkel of honors that Woody received from the state and federal government to commemorate his contribution to conservation efforts.
Program includes an excerpt of a 1978 interview with songwriter and labor rights activist Florence Reece.
Interviewing Holly Arntzen, a folk singer and songwriter of political and social protest songs.
Jim Jennings, Jake Dowling and Jim Hastings, members of The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) talk about unions. Union folk songs by Pete Seeger and Joe Glazer are played periodically.