Do Re Mi

This song is another song written by Woody Guthrie this one in 1937. It is about the journey of thousands of people to move into California during the Great Depression in order to move away from the Dust Bowl. The song talks about the prevention of people entering California who were fleeing the Dust Bowl. It also says that if people didn't have the money (Do) they could not enter, meaning they had to head back home. The songwriter offers a historic perspective on the events, while the singer of the CD version does not. He lived in Texas, and like the people in this song, he headed west to California. Unlike many, he was successful in his ventures, making it to L.A. where his music career blossomed. (Pretty Cool) Altogether, the version on the CD was okay, I thought it was a good rendition of the song, it had a good beat, and it was dramatic, which suited the meaning of the song well. This teaches us how dire the situation really was in the Great Depression and in the Dust Bowl. People were willing to uproot their lives and families to escape the Dust Bowl and to find a safe haven.