Radio Hour: Woody Guthries Years in Los Angeles

Published: Jan. 21, 2016, 7:27 p.m.

b"This week we discuss Woody Guthrie L.A.: 1937 to 1941, a chronicle of Guthrie\\u2019s formative years in Los Angeles, during which he not only experimented and refined his music but also found his calling as a political songwriter. Co-authors Darryl Holter and William Deverell join to talk about Guthrie\\u2019s legacy in Los Angeles, and Holter even plays a rare Guthrie tune about the city's 1934 New Year\\u2019s Eve flood.\\n\\nFeaturing Tom Lutz, Laurie Winer, and Seth Greenland. Produced by Jerry Gorin. The LARB Radio Hour airs Thursdays at 2:30pm on KPFK 90.7 FM in Los Angeles."