The songwriter and folk singer penned this undated letter and his signature about a
possible job at the California radio station KGIL
Autograph Letter Signed: "
Woody Guthrie". Pencil notations near top left, left edge and bottom
right corner, all in unknown hand. 1 page, 7x10½, ruled paper, rounded right corners, three
binder holes at left edge, affixed to a 8½x11 sheet of paper with adhesive labels in top left and
bottom right corners.
El Ray Hotel, Los Angeles, California. Addressed to Cyrus Adler.
In
full: "Dear Cy & Clement & All: A certain disc jockey, George Wilhelm, plays on [sic]
hour of folk
records every night from 10 to 11 p.m., at the studios of KGIL, 4919 Van Nuys Blvd., Sherman
Oaks, California. He makes a big splash over Burls [sic]
records, Josh White's, My own, and others,
He draws a goodly stack of mail per day. I hear that he invites live talent to come down and do a
few numbers in betwixt & between folk rec-ordings. Burl quested out there some few days ago.
They've had fold music & ballad lovers (performers) come into studio and knock off a whole
evening in tribute to me & my legend & my ballads.…"
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