However, its depiction of his story glosses over a key historical fact: both Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie — central figures in Dylan’s career and the film’s narrative — were communists.

Woody Guthrie had already built himself a career ... and gaining prominence in the New York City folk scene along with Pete ...

Woody Guthrie: Riding In My Car; Will Geer: Narration; Pete Seeger: Curly Headed Baby; Robert Ryan: Narration; Odetta: Ramblin’ Round *; Will Geer: Narration; Pete Seeger, Judy Collins & Arlo Guthrie: ...

“Pete Seeger said that fire was Woody’s muse,” says Guthrie’s daughter Nora. “It just followed him around.” Indeed, Guthrie’s whole existence had a combustible quality: He drank ...

In 1940, Pete Seeger hit the road with Woody Guthrie on a tour of the United States. They played benefit concerts for migrant Californian workers and like Guthrie, Seeger spent time riding freight ...

Pete Seeger, one of the most influential artists ... Appalachian mineworker organiser Aunt Molly Jackson, and Woody Guthrie. Lomax hired Pete to work for him at the Library of Congress’s Archive ...