DEAD OR ALIVE

Created on 23/12/2005
Latest update on 28/11/2023

Artist: Woody Guthrie
Author: Woody Guthrie
Label: Folkways
Year: 1944

Work song about a runaway thief (or slave), face to face with his own picture on a wanted poster with a price on his head. First time in his life he felt worthy. Based upon traditional Poor Lazarus.

Covers:

1956:

Lonnie Donegan

1957:

Vipers [skiffle band from Liverpool as Poor Lazarus]

1962:

Ramblin' Jack Elliott

1992:

Arlo Guthrie

1998:

Van Morrison-Lonnie Donegan-Chris Barber

2013:

Johnny Hallyday [with Brian Setzer]

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