>> no, we got the grease. >> woody guthrie being interviewed by alan lomax. mark the centennial, his birthday is this saturday, we're joined in our new york studio by three very special guests. nora guthrie is woody guthrie's daughter. she is president of woody guthrie publications. she is author of the brand new book, "my name is new york: ramblin' around woddy guthrie's town." is published by power house books. we're joined by anna canoni, woody guthrie's granddaughter. musician, actor, author steve earle, is with us. he is performing at woodyfest, a three-day concert in celebration of woody guthrie's birthday at the city winery. his recent novel and album share the same name, "i'll never get out of this world alive." we welcome you all "democracy now!" to nora, tell us about woody's early years and significance of your father woody guthrie. >> he grew up in a small town in oklahoma, okemah. it was 1912. he came from a relatively middle-class family. they were in the real spirit of what we would call entrepreneurs. his dad was raring to go, making a success

gear has for this concert a roster of some of the top up- and-coming political folks singers, and alan lomaximportant figures there, the archivist of american folk songs, library of congress, " song is a collector, like his father john. allen had gathered around him at a number of important folk singers, young pete seeger, harvard dropout, lee hayes, from the commonwealth college, josh white, other black musicians from the piedmont. that is the concert where woody guthrie first meet pete seeger. lomax later says, go back to that first night when they meet. then you can date the right sound of american folk music. -- it renaissance of american folk music. >> pete seeger talked about alan lomax and woody guthrie. >> he managed to woody guthrie. he said, your mission in life is to write songs. do not let anyone or editing distract you. you are like the people that wrote the balance of robin hood, jesse james. you keep writing ballads as long as you can. woody took it to heart. he was not a good husband. always running off. but he wrote songs, you know? >> do you remember when you first met with