{"product_id":"9781576876343","title":"My Name is New York: Ramblin' Around Woody Guthrie's Town","description":"\u003cb\u003eWoody Guthrie's prolific output popularized folk music in the 1940s and his presence in New York City helped spark the 1960s folk revival.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy name is New York, I’m a brick on a brick\u003cbr\u003eI’m a hundred folks running, and ten dying sick\u003cbr\u003eI’m a saint, I’m a sinner, a whore and her pimp\u003cbr\u003eYour ocean’s the mirror I look in to primp.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e—“My Name Is New York,” Woody Guthrie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDust  bowl troubadour Woody Guthrie first arrived in New  York City on  February 16, 1940. Although he continued to ramble, for 27  years— from  1940 until his death in 1967—New York was the city he called  home and  always returned to.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For the first time, this wonderful New York  story comes  to life with historical photos, documents, and previously  unpublished  lyrics from the Woody Guthrie Archives. Highlighting 19  significant  locations, this little guide provides an expansive yet  intimate portrait  of Woody Guthrie's NYC life. We invite you to walk  the streets, ride  the buses and subways, or sit down and relax on some  of the stoops, park  benches, or beaches where Woody Guthrie did—always  strumming away on  his guitar, always working on a new song.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Many of Woody's most popular songs were written in  apartments, lofts,  and other locations around \"New York Town.\" That  song, along with  \"Jesus Christ,\" \"Vigilante Man,\" \"Hard Travelin',\" \"Tom  Joad,\" \"Reuben  James,\" \"All You Fascists Bound to Lose,\" and \"1913  Massacre,\" are  among the more than 600 he composed in the Big Apple.  Most  surprisingly, his iconic \"This Land Is Your Land,\" was written at a   small rooming house on 43rd Street and Sixth Avenue, on February 23,   1940 within a few days of his arrival. With new friends Pete Seeger,   Lead Belly, Sonny Terry, and Brownie McGhee and the Almanac Singers he   was at the center of a new movement—introducing and popularizing rural,   roots, topical, and protest music to modern, urban audiences. For more   information visit http:\/\/www.MyNameIsNY.com\/","brand":"powerHouse Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47150135116016,"sku":"9781576876343","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781576876343_p0.jpg?v=1763793726","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781576876343","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}