Back Where I Come From: Play-Party Songs (part 1)

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Date recorded: 1940
Contributor(s): Performer: Ives, Burl; Performer: Golden Gate Quartet; Performer: Guthrie, Woody; Broadcaster: CBS
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Track Number: 1
Archive ID: B031
Original ID: TD8R01
Note: In this segment, the Golden Gate Quartet lead the singing of "Skip to My Lou" and Willie Johnson (of the GGQ) and Woody Guthrie discuss play-party songs.
Belongs to: Back Where I Come From (CBS)
About the session: Written and co-produced with Nicholas Ray, later famous as director the movie Rebel Without A Cause, broadcast in prime time, coast-to-coast. An entertainment program featuring Woody Guthrie, Josh White, the Golden Gate Quartet, Burl Ives, and Pete Seeger as permanent members. Burl Ives and the Golden Gate Quartet became CBS staff artists and performed in numerous programs over the following years.
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