woody sez: the life and music of woody guthrie

H o o t e n a n n yan old country word for "party". Nowadays the word most commonly refers to a folk music party with an open mic, at which different performers are welcome to get up and play in front of an audience.

O k i e sDuring the Great Depression, the term “Okies” referred to migrants coming from Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas and surrounding states forced from their homes because of the economic and environmental disasters happening throughout the Great Plains.

B o o t l e g g e rSomeone involved in the illegal business of transporting (smuggling) and sometimes making outlawed alcoholic beverages

I n s a n e a s y l u mwhat we would now call a psychiatric or mental hospital that would take in and care for patients with mental illness

H u n t i n g t o n ’ s d i s e a s ean inherited disease that causes the progressive breakdown (degeneration) of nerve cells in the brain. Most people with Huntington's disease develop signs and symptoms in their 30s or 40s. But the disease may emerge earlier or later in life. It usually causes movement, cognitive and psychiatric disorders with a wide spectrum of signs and symptoms.

D e p o r t e eSomeone being deported from a country by the local, state, or national government of that country.

C e n s o r s h i pthe suppression of speech, public communication, or other information, on the basis that such material is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or "inconvenient" as determined by a government or private institution.

Relaxed Performance Word Guide

Wo o d y S e z : T h e L i f e a n d M u s i c o f Wo o d y G u t h r i e

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