Thinking of Woody Guthrie
Thinking of Woody Guthrie is the first solo album by Country Joe McDonald, which was published in 1969. In Allmusic the album four and a half stars out of five received.
On his first solo album without his band Country Joe and the Fish, he interprets the songs of Woody Guthrie. He will be accompanied by musicians from the Nashville scene such as Grady Martin and Harold Bradley.
Even today, McDonald is a fan of Woody Guthrie. According to McDonald "embodies Woody Guthrie the American Dream of working people. He had a hard life, but he kept his positive attitude and did not run away from the truth, and while he succeeded at the same time to act entertaining. " In 2012, he presents his concerts to mark the centenary of the birth of the folk musician.
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Making of the album
According to McDonald, the production of this album is random: In 1969, he led in Nashville shots for his planned first solo album Tonight I'm Singing Just for You, a country and western album by. The musicians were so good that the pictures are not as planned lasted three days, but were finished in one and a half days. The three days were, however, paid in advance. It was then decided to produce a Woody Guthrie album. The album was released three months before the planned debut album.