Woody Wilson Guthrie first tried to make it in the singing business in Texas. He formed a trio that sang old folk songs, but this was not successful because it was in a time of the great depression, and money was of course was tight. With this stunt at being a performer not working Woody set out for California. This is where he developed his style of being on the rood all of the time. He hitch-hiked, rode freight-trains, and even walked to California.
Once in California it was not everything that Woody had hoped it to be because they were rejecting the outsiders. So, he worked his way into mainstream through the political system, and eventually started writi
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