Ep. 83: People of Greystone Park Psychiatric Center (Woody Guthrie)
Behind the Walls of the World’s Psychiatric HospitalsShow Notes
Send us Fan Mail This week's episode examines the life, music, activism, and eventual hospitalization of folk singer Woody Guthrie. Find out how he got started in music and who influenced him along the way. Learn why he was eventually committed to Greystone Park Psychiatric Center for five years on "Wardy Forty." My main sources for this episode include the book Woody Guthrie's Wardy Forty: Greystone Park State Hospital Revisited by Phillip Buehler, the Woody Guthrie website, and the Wikipedi...
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