2007 saw the release of the first, and possibly only, live Woody Guthrie recording, The Live Wire: Woody Guthrie in Performance 1949. A wire recording that had sat in a closet for 50+ years arrived at the Guthrie Archives in 2001. It took years to restore; it was finally released in 2007 and won a Grammy in 2008.

The most interesting part to me, is the restoration process. There’s a great article in Science New about it. Be sure to listen to the before and after sound clips. It’s pretty amazing what one can do with a computer algorithms and some math.

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