In driving recently from Tulsa to Plano, Texas, I looked at a map to see how far out of the way Okemah, Oklahoma, the hometown of folk singer Woody Guthrie, was. It turned out that it wasn’t too far out of the way, making it the perfect sidetrack.
The Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, has acquired a trove of early Bob Dylan recordings and one-of-a-kind tapes, journals, books and historical elements.
Legendary writer and singer Woody Guthrie’s archives are returning home. A few months after the 100th anniversary of the troubadour’s birth, The Woody Guthrie Center is set to open in Tulsa, Okla., the folk singer’s home state.
