MEMO Live Streams: A Tribute To Woody Guthrie

A tribute to Woody Guthrie – Bruce Hearn & The Machinists with special guests Margret Roadknight, Kerri Simpson and Jan ‘Yarn’ Wositzky (Bushwackers founder)

Bruce Hearn, of pioneering and politically charged Melbourne band strange tenants, leads all-star Australian folk celebration of the American folk icon to launch the new live album.

Bruce Hearn & The Machinists celebrate their new album “Live at the Athenaeum: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie” tipping their hats to the “the most real songwriter of the 20th Century”. The live stream show also features special guests; Margret Roadknight, Kerri Simpson and Jan ‘Yarn’ Wositzky ( founder of the legendary Bushwackers). The show and album are also a celebration of the Australian folk scene, and a return to the folk tradition for an unsung hero of Australian roots music, Bruce Hearn, of pioneering and politically charged Melbourne ska band Strange Tenants.

Singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, labour activist and one-time ‘kidnapper’ of Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, Bruce Hearn returns to his first musical love, folk music, with “Live at the Athenaeum: A Tribute To Woody Guthrie” released as a 2LP set, a 2CD and digitally on October 2, 2020.