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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 75. Chapters: Joe Strummer, Woody Guthrie, Sid Vicious, Liev Schreiber, John Lydon, Boy George, Stephen Jones, Jarvis Cocker, Rosario Dawson, Heathcote Williams, Tymon Dogg, Alex James, Piers Corbyn, Curtis Howe Springer, Gerrard Winstanley, Anne Briggs, Grayson Perry, Keith Allen, Fiona Russell-Powell, S'bu Zikode, Marilyn, Dambudzo Marechera, Gareth Pugh, Toby Mott, Jo Caulfield, Arabella Churchill, Jan Bene, Mariella Frostrup, Rainbow George Weiss, Danny Tartabull, Keith Levene, Mzonke Poni, Stza, Steve Bassam, Baron Bassam of Brighton, Monckton Synnot, Lady Emma Herbert, Charles Lawson, Gary Critchley, Zodwa Nsibande, Lynne Tillman, Shamita Naidoo, Michael Caton-Jones, Philani Zungu, Louisa Motha, Mnikelo Ndabankulu, Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Irene Grootboom, James Mpanza, Robert Neuwirth, Daniyal Ametov, Modikwe Dikobe. Excerpt: Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie (July 14, 1912 - October 3, 1967) is best known as an American singer-songwriter and folk musician, whose musical legacy includes hundreds of political, traditional and children's songs, ballads and improvised works. He frequently performed with the slogan This Machine Kills Fascists displayed on his guitar. His best-known song is "This Land Is Your Land." Many of his recorded songs are archived in the Library of Congress. Such songwriters as Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Bruce Springsteen, Pete Seeger, Joe Strummer and Tom Paxton have acknowledged their debt to Guthrie as an influence. Guthrie traveled with migrant workers from Oklahoma to California and learned traditional folk and blues songs. Many of his songs are about his experiences in the Dust Bowl era during the Great Depression, earning him the nickname the "Dust Bowl Troubadour." Throughout his life Guthrie was associated with United States communist groups, though he was seemingly not a member of any. Guthrie...
