Our story is one that we’ve covered before, previously focusing on the Great Depression and the music of Woody Guthrie. This episode pulls in the theme of that tragic chapter of a drought that uprooted nearly 60 percent of the population from the affected region of Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico. With the soil lacking a firm root due to poor farm practices, the plains winds would pick up the loose topsoil and create the dust clouds that ravaged farm and city alike. The music we’ll hear tonight brings us the stories, including those of Woody and Arlo Guthrie, Bob Gibson, Lane Hardin, Vernon Dahlart, and The Morrison Two Brothers String Band.
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Artist
Title
Album
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2
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Talking Dust Bowl
Hard Travelin'
3
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Dust Storm Disaster
Hard Travelin'
4
Woody Guthrie
Great Dust Storm (Dust Storm Disaster)
Dust Bowl Ballads [Rounder]
5
Woody Guthrie
Blowing Down That Old Dusty Road (Going Down the Road Feelin' Bad)
Dust Bowl Ballads [Rounder]
6
Alison Krauss
Dust Bowl Children
Paper Airplane
7
Peter Rowan
Tumbleweed
Dust Bowl Children
8
Bob Gibson
Pastures of Plenty
Joy Joy! The Young and Wonderful Bob Gibson
9
Arlo Guthrie with The Dillards
Pasture of Plenty
Thirty Two Cents Postage Due
10
Arlo Guthrie with The Dillards
So Long It's Been Good to Know You
Thirty Two Cents Postage Due
11
The Byrds
Pretty Boy Floyd
Sweetheart of the Rodeo
12
Arlo Guthrie with The Dillards
Do Re Mi
Thirty Two Cents Postage Due
13
Cisco Houston
The Great American Bum
Dust Bowl Blues: Essential American Folk [Disc 2]
14
Mac "Harry" McClintock
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum [Remastered 2003]
Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down Series
15
Billy Bragg
I Ain't Got No Home
Tooth & Nail
16
Michelle Shocked
Woody's Rag
Arkansas Traveler
17
Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries
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18
Leo Reisman And His Orchestra;Milton Douglas
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime (From The Musical Review "Americana") [Remastered 2003]
Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down Series
19
Woody Guthrie
Talking Dust Bowl Blues
Dust Bowl Ballads [Rounder]
20
Woody Guthrie
Dust Pneumonia Blues
Dust Bowl Ballads [Rounder]
21
Lane Hardin
California Desert Blues [Remastered 2003]
Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down Series
22
Red Allen
Deep Elem Blues
The Folkways Years 1964 – 1983
23
Prairie Ramblers
Deep Elem Blues
White Country Blues (1926-1938)
24
Joe Stone
It's Hard Time
Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down Series
25
Vernon Dalhart
The Farm Relief Song
Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down Series
26
The Morrison Twin Brothers String Band
Dry and Dusty
Arkansas at 78 RPM: Corn Dodgers & Hoss Hair Pullers
27
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
Dealing With The Devil
Dust Bowl Blues: Essential American Folk [Disc 2]
28
Jack Guthrie
Oklahoma Hills
Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
29
Bruce Springsteen
I Ain't Got No Home
Folkways: A Vision Shared-A Tribute To Woody Guthrie And Leadbelly