Unconfined by Expectation
Los Angeles Central Library review on LA Review of Books by Darryl Holter Darryl Holter is a historian, entrepreneur, musician, and owner of an independent bookstore. He has taught history at the University of Wisconsin and UCLA and is an adjunct professor at USC. LOS ANGELES BOOMED in the early decades of the 20th century, and its political, business, and civic leaders scrambled to keep up with the infrastructural needs of this burgeoning population. An aqueduct was built to bring water, a port to handle cargo, an inter-urban streetcar system to move people, and new thoroughfares extended from the downtown ... [Read More]
Woody Guthrie Tulsa International Airport
Look who’ll be at both baggage claim areas to greet you the next time you fly to Tulsa International Airport! TULSA, Okla. -- It took Woody Guthrie's hometown of Okemah more than 30 years after his death to finally celebrate his life and work with an annual music festival, and signs of acknowledgment in other parts of Oklahoma have been rare. Monuments and exhibits honoring Guthrie, one of America's greatest folk singers and songwriters who died in 1967, were scarce as attitudes about his perceived leftist allegiances lasted more than a generation. Woody Guthrie Center 102 E. Brady St., Tulsa, ... [Read More]
Country Music People Magazine Review
Read the review of Darryl Holter's New Album, 'Radio Songs by Woody Guthrie' Country Music People magazine by Paul Riley Archive: Jun 2015 DARRYL HOLTER Radio Songs: Woody Guthrie In Los Angeles 1937-1939 Any discussion about American folk music should begin with Woody Guthrie. He died in 1967 and since then, if anything, his star has been rising. We have had many Woody Guthrie cover versions and now the underrated Country/Americana singer Darryl Holter offers a full CD tribute, plus in the future, a book. The new album looks at the time Woody Guthrie spent in Los Angeles between 1937- 1939. ... [Read More]
New Video: Welcome to the New Depression
Welcome to the New Depression: A New Song by Darryl Holter To write a song about the state of today’s economy I thought it would be useful to look at how other songwriters wrote about the Great Depression in the 1930s. The famous Carter Family had a very popular song called "No Depression in Heaven". It reflected the fears of many religious leaders and their followers that the Depression might be a signal that the end of the world was coming, that the “latter days” had arrived and we would soon be facing the final Day of Judgment. ... [Read More]
Darryl Holter at GRAMMY Museum
In conjunction with the recent release of their new co-authored book, Woody Guthrie L.A. 1937 to 1941, historians William Deverell and Darryl Holter joined GRAMMY Museum Executive Director Bob Santelli for a conversation surrounding the book and the legacy of one of the most iconic and influential songwriters of the 20th century, Woody Guthrie. Generated by IJG JPEG Library Generated by IJG JPEG Library
Darryl Holter and William Deverell on LARB Radio Hour
Woody Guthrie’s Years in Los Angeles by Los Angeles Review of Books Radio Hour featuring guests Darryl Holter and William Deverell From January 21, 2016: LARB discusses Woody Guthrie L.A.: 1937 to 1941, a chronicle of Guthrie’s formative years in Los Angeles, during which he not only experimented and refined his music but also found his calling as a political songwriter. Co-authors Darryl Holter and William Deverell join to talk about Guthrie’s legacy in Los Angeles, and Holter even plays a rare Guthrie tune about the city's 1934 New Year’s Eve flood. Hear it here at LARB More about Woody Guthrie L.A.: 1937 to ... [Read More]
Darryl Holter Tangled Up in Dylan
Folkworks Review Darryl Holter Tangled Up in Dylan at the Caña Rum Bar – February 19, 2016 By Ross Altman, PhD Dateline, Los Angeles~ The hottest ticket in town turned out to be in a hidden rum bar in the unknown Petroleum Building in the 700 block of Olympic Blvd downtown tonight, just a block away from the Grammy Museum. An SRO crowd (I know, because I was standing throughout) saw local folkie historian Darryl Holter—co-author of the new book Woody Guthrie LA 1937-1941 (see my review)—in a show he called Holter Does Dylan. It was also it turns out ... [Read More]
Power of the People, Pasadena Weekly
Power of the People, Pasadena Weekly Power of the People | Pasadena Weekly Singer-songwriter Darryl Holter and fellow historian William Deverell discuss their new book ‘Woody Guthrie L.A. 1937 to 1941’ and Holter performs at Grammy Museum Tuesday Article by By Bliss Bowen Pasadena Weekly 27 Feb 2016 Woody Guthrie’s been dead since 1967. Yet his legend still looms so large that many musicians continue to incorporate Guthrie tunes into their repertoire. (Case in point: Lucinda Williams’ haunting setting of Guthrie’s “House of Earth” on her new album “The Ghosts of Highway 20.”) In January, Angel City Press published “Woody Guthrie ... [Read More]
Folkworks Book Review of Woody Guthrie L.A.
Folkworks Book Review of Woody Guthrie L.A.: 1937 to 1941 Woody Guthrie L.A.: 1937 to 1941 Darryl Holter and William Deverell $40.00 / 50+ vintage photos 208 pages / hardcover / 9″x9″ Preorder this book at http://www.angelcitypress.com/products/guth Folkworks Book Review of Woody Guthrie L.A.: 1937 to 1941 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By Ross Altman, PhD Original Article Here at http://folkworks.org/reviews/folkworks-book-reviews/46002-woody-guthrie-l-a-1937-1941 This account of Woody Guthrie’s pivotal four years in Los Angeles from 1937 to 1941—during which he became the political songwriter who influenced four generations of American folk singers—from Bob Dylan to Bruce Springsteen—will send a ... [Read More]
89.3 KPCC Interview
89.3 KPCC Interview: Local authors explore Woody Guthrie’s time in Los Angeles 19 Jan 2016 89.3 KPCC Interview: AirTalk Lively and in-depth discussions of city news, politics, science, entertainment, the arts, and more. Hosted by Larry Mantle Listen to the Interview Here Guests: Darryl Holter, co-author of “Woody Guthrie L.A. 1937 to 1941” (Angel City Press, 2016) and an adjunct professor in history at USC. He’s also a singer and songwriter. His album, Radio Songs: Woody Guthrie in Los Angeles, 1937-1941, was released last year William Deverell, co-author of “Woody Guthrie L.A. 1937 to 1941” (Angel City Press, 2016) and the ... [Read More]
Darryl Holter grew up playing the guitar and singing country and rock and roll songs in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His current brand of Americana music draws from country, blues and folk traditions and often tells stories about people, places and events.