“Way over yonder in the minor key, way over yonder in the minor key, ain’t nobody who can sing like me” The is the chorus to the unreleased Woody Guthrie song, which was recorded (along with many others) by Billy Bragg. One of the things that make me a major Woody Fan was the fact that he wrote a new song every day, no matter what. It wasn’t always a tale of sex, but usually a tale of sorrow. He was a man who never tired to impress anyone, he did his thing for himself. Woody was a man who not only was “hard working”, but a man who studied, and wrote about the working class. He has countless anthems that represent the life of these everyday people, giving them a voice, and someone to relate to. In his book “Bound For Glory” he documents countless instances within his life, where the working man was shut down. He told his own traveling story through his own eyes, also reveling tales of his hard childhood, which play a major role in why he was who he was. The last thing I will say about this man is that his use of “everyday working man lingo.” In singing/writing in this format we can allow the workers to fully understand him. This is what brings it home for me, he is the great great grandfather of Punk Rock! He did things within the boundaries of Punk, 30 years before the Ramones, and twenty years before The Stooges! Woody was the true definition of a drifter!