Ani DiFranco & Ry Cooder Deportee

[@Zedwoman]

Moves me to tears every time.

[@mccellen]

Me too...

[@johndastor]

Great performance and such a beautiful video. Bamako, you are a great talent. Thank you so very much!

[@jipes]

History repeats unfortunately and the words of Woody Guthrie resonates even stronger today !

[@mccellen]

Certainly does..wish Woody were still with us; and Pete Seeger..

[@beechnut79]

There does seem sort of poetic in a way that Pete Seeger didn’t live long enough to see Trump become President.

[@terryreed5594]

It would seem even more appropriate now, being Immigrants are being flown all over the country for political gamesmanship

[@johnnysalter7072]

Maybe more so.

[@zombiemom2915]

Discovered Ani DiFranco following Ry Cooder on You Tube. Wow, her voice is amazing...reminds me of Joan Baez.

[@LisaWhitneySprague]

Thank you for talking about the beauty of the song and not politics. :)

[@rebecca1894]

This is a political song, the whole issue is about politics and greed!

[@ThisbeandPyramus]

She became famous with a ballad "I Am Not a Pretty Girl" from the mid- nineties. Sort of post-punk.

[@marcuscook3852]

It is not possible to separate the politics from the song.

[@docben1541]

RIP WOODIE. YOU'RE GREAT FOR ETERNITY.🕊🕊🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🕊🕊

[@tortugabob]

They felt the same way about the Oakies fleeing the Dust Bowl 30s. People with money hating people without. Beautiful rendition of this song. Thanks

[@1961axis]

You've hit the nail on the head; can it be true that people who have, actually resent those that that have little? Your debate over medicare unearthed the sad truth that the concept of sharing - which is what a state funded system amounts to - is regarded with barely concealed contempt and resentment, fueled by trouble making politicians.

[@maxmerry8470]

Marcus Clements Yes, it seems that the poor have always been treated with contempt. Victorian Capitalism spread across the globe arrogantly, its love of its own economic power blinding it to the plight of the dispossessed. The same applies to the Great American Robber Barons, whose legacy still prevails to this day.

[@vancehawkins9524]

So many of Woody's songs are as appropriate today as the day they were written, and that's sad.

[@ARCN2]

Truth!

[@outsider1959]

So sad, you are absolutely right.

[@ivorykhan159]

I'm grateful for the work he left us. Everyone should study 100 Years of Woody Guthrie. Many just don't know about America. He reminds us.

[@gregorysmith2119]

So sad. This song is as timely as ever.

[@audiozone55]

...this is a fantastic version...and great images...thnx amaku!...

[@dalidelancey5868]

Their names were: Miguel Negrete Álvarez. Tomás Aviña de Gracia. Francisco Llamas Durán. Santiago García Elizondo. Rosalio Padilla Estrada. Tomás Padilla Márquez. Bernabé López Garcia. Salvador Sandoval Hernández. Severo Medina Lára. Elías Trujillo Macias. José Rodriguez Macias. Luis López Medina. Manuel Calderón Merino. Luis Cuevas Miranda. Martin Razo Navarro. Ignacio Pérez Navarro. Román Ochoa Ochoa. Ramón Paredes Gonzalez. Guadalupe Ramírez Lára. Apolonio Ramírez Placencia. Alberto Carlos Raygoza. Guadalupe Hernández Rodríguez. Maria Santana Rodríguez. Juan Valenzuela Ruiz. Wenceslao Flores Ruiz. José Valdívia Sánchez. Jesús Meza Santos. Baldomero Marcas Torres.

[@willyjoerockhead]

Thank you - I've been watching "Tim Z Hernandez" video's talking about some of them - he found the families of about half of them so far.

[@estelaa2021]

Thank you, beautiful work and important work

[@flacowas]

Oakies and Chicano's worked hand in hand for the Man!...we can organize together!

[@richardblock2458]

Gorgeous song and version.

[@RedMenace71]

Sublime❤

[@maxmerry8470]

The meek shall inherit the earth? Eventually, but they're having to play the long game...Great pictures and footage. Many thanks for the upload...

[@alexthracian326]

The meek don't want it.

[@Scotsgrey13]

Good effort on this masterpiece by Woody Guthrie. My favorite version is by the Byrds from their album, Easy Rider.

[@beechnut79]

Dolly Parton is also among the artists who have covered this song. On her 9 to 5 album.

[@MrEdtodd]

Richard Shindell's version is my personal favorite,but I love all these versions,just proves a great song will resonate with almost any artist who performs it.

[@kopriveguiu]

beautiful video/music; congratulation

[@briannash4226]

Woody wrote this great song.(.recorded by so many) and in memory of the exploited Mexicans right down to this very day. .....RIP Woody!

[@anneniliam9012]

someone should sing this at trumps innauguration

[@beechnut79]

Better to hope we don’t have to endure four more years. We have about nine months in which to learn our ABTs.

[@mccellen]

Woody Guthrie (and Pete Seeger) were years ahead of us..we need to learn from their meaningful songs..

[@humbertoornelasr8104]

los deportees tenían nombres e historias como Arlo lo escribe en esta conmovedora balada-homenaje. Thanks to Any &Ry, and the poignant images. Greetens from Mexico.

[@rhaetcadurlin1132]

Bellissima la canzone e bella la cantante!

[@francoapple]

thank you!!!

[@robertjackson1015]

Ry Cooder, modern day Woody Guthrie

[@templeofthetightloop]

awesome!

[@warrenleming9049]

viva Ani....you got more guts and street cred than the next ten thousand

[@sweetiepienumber1]

Sadly history repeats in 2017.

[@1ElCondor]

Worth.

[@ThisbeandPyramus]

A scathing condemnation of those the horrible haters who support Trump .. and it was written almost 70 years ago!

[@aloisemason3044]

remembrance! To all

[@johnnysalter7072]

I recently became aware that a picture is worth a thousand words, to me anyway. First: I knew Jerry Lee Lewis married a 13-year-old cousin, but never realized what it was until I saw a film of him being interviewed when they came back from England. While he was talking, she was standing beside him, and like a child she was looking all around. twirling her hair, chewing gum. Second: I knew it was tough almost horrifying of those Latino refugees. But today I saw them riding on a freight train, and a man had a 2-4-year-old boy in his arms, and he changed cars, while the train was moving at traveling speed, with the baby in his arms. I have done that a few times as a youngster and it was frightening as it was extremely dangerous. I can't get it out of my mind! Then I remembered Trump dehumanizing them: "they are not human", worse than animals, they are murders, rapist, predators," "invaders, aliens, killer," "criminal" and "animal, "This is an invasion." But this was not the worst, the worst is that so many Americans, especially Fundamentalist Christians. For what it is worth I’ve been around quiet few Mexicans and find them to be extremely hard working, family loving, decent folks. I made Woodie Guthrie poem/song, Deportee so real. Guthrie was inspired to write the song by what he considered the racist mistreatment of the passengers before and after the accident. Deportee (aka. "Plane Wreck at Los Gatos") Words by Woody Guthrie, Music by Martin Hoffman The crops are all in and the peaches are rott'ning, The oranges piled in their creosote dumps; They're flying 'em back to the Mexican border To pay all their money to wade back again Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye, Rosalita, Adios mis amigos, Jesus y Maria; You won't have your names when you ride the big airplane, All they will call you will be "deportees" My father's own father, he waded that river, They took all the money he made in his life; My brothers and sisters come working the fruit trees, And they rode the truck till they took down and died. Some of us are illegal, and some are not wanted, Our work contract's out and we have to move on; Six hundred miles to that Mexican border, They chase us like outlaws, like rustlers, like thieves. We died in your hills, we died in your deserts, We died in your valleys and died on your plains. We died 'neath your trees and we died in your bushes, Both sides of the river, we died just the same. The sky plane caught fire over Los Gatos Canyon, A fireball of lightning, and shook all our hills, Who are all these friends, all scattered like dry leaves? The radio says, "They are just deportees" Is this the best way we can grow our big orchards? Is this the best way we can grow our good fruit? To fall like dry leaves to rot on my topsoil And be called by no name except "deportees"? It’s actually traumatized me. It appears to me that WASP really are the most vicious animal know it is difficult problem, but by God they are human. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mWPIgGlrd9areKc Arlo Guthrie, "Deportee"

[@Scotsgrey13]

The Byrds did the best cover of this great masterpiece, on their album, Easy Rider.

[@nedludd7622]

I would say the duo of Arlo Guthrie and Emmylou Harris.

[@willyjoerockhead]

Dolly Parton has the most emotional version.

[@jeanpaulsermeus302]

Zeer aktueel op dit moment in Europa

[@martienevers]

Niet alleen in Europa.....het lijkt (of is het zo?) of het in de hele wereld speelt....menselijkheid, barmhartigheid, rechtvaardigheid: ze zijn zo ver te zoeken.....

[@treedude2525]

Good rendition of one of the most important songs any U.S. folk singer knows. Not quite the emotion others put in to it.

[@kikenobel8724]

Que importancia tiene este tema el día de hoy... verdad o mentira.. ayudémonos a vivir en esta vieja y destrozada tierra.. este mundo esta herido y sangrando.. palabras de Guthrie y Dylan..

[@MrBuckwilliam]

that is nice :)

[@robertcowde520]

Ghat song makes me cry

[@aloisemason3972]

It's Spanish times and deporte..

[@jdefriese5815]

that's Dan Gellert on fiddle

[@robertthompson3920]

Sounds like today, sad

[@Thomasw540]

What is the economics of Jesus 1 Timothy 5:18: "For the Scripture says, "Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain," and, "The worker is worthy of his wages." If this sounds like Marxism, you may agree with Trump that wages are too high. It's a characteristic of oligarchy capitalism of the Havard Business Model and Reaganomics.

[@howlinwolf73]

I love Ry Cooder, But I much prefer The Byrd's version from "Ballad of Easy Rider" LP. (and Woody's version)

[@PaulGoodeK]

Three hankies, at least.

[@stilllaughing3959]

Land of the free? Somehow I dont think so.

[@mrjasondylan]

Cool username you have.