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Roll Columbia Woody Guthrie's 26 Northwest Songs is a trove of new discoveries, and a celebration of Guthrie's genius and lasting contributions to both the history and musical traditions of the Paci-c Northwest. In 1941, the Bonneville Power Administration commissioned Guthrie to write songs to help promote to the public the construction of dams along the Columbia River. 75 years later, present-day artists with ties to the Paci-c Northwest who have been in uenced by this fruitful time in Guthrie's career have gathered together to record their own interpretations. Roll Columbia is the -rst and only complete collection of these 26 songs, including nine that had never before been recorded, such as InchEleckatricity and AllInch and InchPortland Town to Klamath Falls,Inch as well as classic Guthrie tunes InchPastures of PlentyInch and InchHard Travelin'.Inch Album Tracks 1. Pastures of Plenty - By Michael Hurley and Jon Neufeld 2. Oregon Line (That Oregon Line) - By Pharis and Jason Romero 3. Lumber Is King - By Cahalen Morrison 4. Out Past the End of the Line - By Timberbound 5. Portland Town to Klamath Falls - By Tony Furtado and Kristin Andreassen 6. Eleckatricity and All - By Annalisa Tornfelt and the Tornfelt Sisters 7. Hard Travelin' - By Ben Hunter and Joe Seamons 8. Columbia Talkin' Blues (Talking Columbia) - By Carl Allen 9. The Talkin' Blues - By Al James and Jon Neufeld 10. Jackhammer Blues (Jackhammer John) - By Martha Scanlan and Jon Neufeld 11. Roll on, Columbia, Roll on - By Steve Einhorn and Kate Power 12. The Biggest Thing That Man Has Ever Done (The Great Historical Bum) - By Caitlin Belem Romtvedt, David Romtvedt, and Joe Seamons 13. Jackhammer Blues (Jackhammer John) - By Orville Johnson 14. Guys on the Grand Coulee Dam - By Bill Murlin and Fine Company 15. Mile An' a Half from TH' End of TH' Line (End of My Line) - By
