As part of a series marking 175 years of eyewitness journalism, Times Opinion asked writers to revisit previously published pieces. In 1943, Woody Guthrie wrote an article for The Times arguing that we needed music to know one another better. Below, Mr. Tweedy annotates Mr. Guthrie’s original article.
Woody Guthrie was a folk singer and songwriter. Jeff Tweedy is the founder and leader of the Grammy Award-winning rock band Wilco, which collaborated with Billy Bragg on “Mermaid Avenue,” a slate of songs created with previously unheard lyrics by Guthrie.
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