A lost Woody Guthrie recording from 1954 has surfaced and was shared today by Variety. The tape of Guthrie, Sonny Terry, and Ramblin’ Jack Elliott performing “Hoodoo Voodoo” was discovered in the Shel Silverstein Archive. Its authenticity was verified by the Woody Guthrie Archive. Listen below.
Wilco and Billy Bragg recorded the song on their 1998 album Mermaid Avenue, which featured new recordings and interpretations of previously unrecorded Guthrie songs.
In 2016, a lawsuit was filed seeking to bring Guthrie’s classic “This Land Is Your Land” into the public domain. Read “Why a Lawsuit Says ‘We Shall Overcome’ Belongs to Everyone” on the Pitch.
