In 1948 an aircraft crashed near Coalinga, California, killing all on board. The plane had been chartered by the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service and its passengers were workers who were returning home because their contracts had ended. Some had traveled to the U.S. without documentation, while others had arrived in the country as part of a work program. The Associated Press’ coverage only named the crew members, referring to the passengers as “28 Mexican deportees”.
That phrase upset Woody Guthrie and he responded by doing what he did best: He commemorated the victims of the plane crash with a song.
Guthrie recorded the audio on a reel-to-reel tape machine in his apartment in the 1950s. Now, the previously unheard song has been restored using A.I. audio technology. The collection contains 22 unreleased recordings, including 13 new Woody Guthrie songs.
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