Do you like Country Music? Do you like this song?

@TheHorse (233290)
Walnut Creek, California
November 9, 2025 9:42pm CST
This is a song by Woody Guthrie that I've always liked. I believe it was written in 1948, after a plane full of Mexican farm workers crashed near Los Gatos (The Cats) California. Cyrus Clarke and his buddies in the Cache Valley Drifters used to perform this song in the 1980s, when I lived in Santa Barbara CA, but I don't think they put it on any of their albums. Recently, I checked in with Cyrus, and he told me that he had recorded the song on a more recent album with the Cyrus Clarke Band. Please give it a listen and let me know if you like it. I can sing this song, but not like Cyrus does. He made it his own. .
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Anna
@LadyDuck (489662)
• Italy
10 Nov
It's a good song, shame they had very little views and likes. I do not like all country music, but I like some country music and some singers.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (489662)
• Italy
10 Nov
@TheHorse - It's hard to promote videos on YouTube.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (233290)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 Nov
@LadyDuck Yeah. I just let my friends and family...and MyLotters...know when I have a new one out.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (233290)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 Nov
I noticed that too. Maybe Cyrus did not do much to promote the video.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (209268)
• United States
10 Nov
With the exception of Patsy Cline, the Everly Brothers and Shania Twain, I am not a country fan. Oh and Glen Campbell, especially Wichita Lineman.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (233290)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 Nov
Wichita Lineman is a very hard song to play.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (209268)
• United States
11 Nov
@TheHorse I love it. It has a very haunting quality to it.
Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (54001)
• United States
10 Nov
Country music is not one of my top 3, but I do love some of it. This song is pleasant. I don’t recall hearing it before.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (233290)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 Nov
It's "timely," close to 80 years later.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (127102)
• Marion, Ohio
10 Nov
Its good
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The Horse
@TheHorse (233290)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 Nov
I think it's my favorite Woody Guthrie song.
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Jessica
@JESSY3236 (21274)
• United States
11 Nov
My grandmother loved country music so that's what I grew up listening to.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (233290)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Nov
My mom was from Montana but did not like Country music. Overall, I guess I prefer folk and bluegrass. But some Country music is good to me. I hope you enjoyed the song..It's really a folk classic.
Judy Evans
@JudyEv (368133)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Nov
This is very easy to listen to. Well worth singing for sure.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (233290)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Nov
I'll keep working on learning it.
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celticeagle
@celticeagle (183666)
• Boise, Idaho
10 Nov
It's a good song. A little slow for me but still good. Woody and his son did some good ones. I enjoy listening to "Alcie's Restaurant" that Arlo does occasionally.
Judy Story
@jstory07 (147066)
• Roseburg, Oregon
10 Nov
I never heard that song before. I sure liked it. I love country music.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (233290)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 Nov
It's a good one. I love straight ahead Country musicians like Ricky Skaggs and Vince Gill.
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (92227)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
10 Nov
Thanks for sharing. I loved the song that is the kind of country I like,