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This thread is in honour of Woody Guthrie who was born one hundred years ago today.

He died from Huntingdon's disease on 3 October 1967 at the age of 55.
If he didn't contract Huntingdon's disease but lived in good health till his 80s or 90s, or even be still alive now, how would his music have developed? I expect he would have written Civil Rights and anti Vietnam War songs. How would Bob Dylan's music have developed?

Here are the lyrics to This Land Is Your Land: http://www.woodyguthrie.org/Lyrics/This_Land.htm, and here is a video of Woody playing that song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxiMrvDbq3s.
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