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The Wanderers: Photos

2/6/10- Carl does Woody at Portland's Winterfolk-22 concert to raise $ for Sisters of the Road Cafe.
2/6/10- Carl does Woody at Portland's Winterfolk-22 concert to raise $ for Sisters of the Road Cafe.
2/6/10-Bill Plays "Hard Travelin" at Portland's Winterfolk-22 concert to raise $ for Sisters of the Road Cafe.
2/6/10-Bill Plays "Hard Travelin" at Portland's Winterfolk-22 concert to raise $ for Sisters of the Road Cafe.
1/30/10-At the Tigard, OR. Library - "The Grapes of Wrath, revisited." We're singing Woody kids songs!
1/30/10-At the Tigard, OR. Library - "The Grapes of Wrath, revisited." We're singing Woody kids songs!
1/30/10-Tigard OR. Library - The kids dance to Woody's children's songs. That's how to have fun!
1/30/10-Tigard OR. Library - The kids dance to Woody's children's songs. That's how to have fun!
1-18-09-Florence Winter Folk Festival! Fast becoming the best and friendliest folk fest in Oregon. The shark in the background is friendly, really! Pix by Jim Little.
1-18-09-Florence Winter Folk Festival! Fast becoming the best and friendliest folk fest in Oregon. The shark in the background is friendly, really! Pix by Jim Little.
1-18-09-Florence Winter Folk Festival. What an honor to spend time with headliner Tom Paxton, one of our mega heroes. Pix by Sandy Bly.
1-18-09-Florence Winter Folk Festival. What an honor to spend time with headliner Tom Paxton, one of our mega heroes. Pix by Sandy Bly.
1-18-09-Florence Winter Folk Festival. What a hoot kiddin' around with Barry McGuire, festival headliner. Pix by Sandy Bly.
1-18-09-Florence Winter Folk Festival. What a hoot kiddin' around with Barry McGuire, festival headliner. Pix by Sandy Bly.
11-1-08 - Tom Rawson's gang on the program with us for this HUGE, full-throated Seattle audience. Pix by Sandy Bly.
11-1-08 - Tom Rawson's gang on the program with us for this HUGE, full-throated Seattle audience. Pix by Sandy Bly.
11-1-08 - Tom, Carl, Ellen, Bill on "This Land" leading the Seattle Folklore Society audience. Pix by Sandy Bly.
11-1-08 - Tom, Carl, Ellen, Bill on "This Land" leading the Seattle Folklore Society audience. Pix by Sandy Bly.
10/19/08-At Nancy's Farm, Bellingham, WA. with the long-neck banjo. Pix by Sandy Bly.
10/19/08-At Nancy's Farm, Bellingham, WA. with the long-neck banjo. Pix by Sandy Bly.
10/19/08- The crowd loves "Lonesome Valley" by Tom Rawson on the long-necker and us Wanderers at Nancy's Farm, Bellingham, WA. Pix by Sandy Bly.
10/19/08- The crowd loves "Lonesome Valley" by Tom Rawson on the long-necker and us Wanderers at Nancy's Farm, Bellingham, WA. Pix by Sandy Bly.
March 07 - We do our Woody show for Oregon Public TV's "Oregon Art Beat" show. 9/27/07 the segment was aired. See our NEWS page for a link. Photo by Chris Allen.
March 07 - We do our Woody show for Oregon Public TV's "Oregon Art Beat" show. 9/27/07 the segment was aired. See our NEWS page for a link. Photo by Chris Allen.

Where We've Been

The Wanderers plus 2-WSU campus, 1959. L to R=Al Hansen, Carl Allen, Bill Murlin, Jim Bittick, Bill Buchan. WSU photo.
The Wanderers plus 2-WSU campus, 1959. L to R=Al Hansen, Carl Allen, Bill Murlin, Jim Bittick, Bill Buchan. WSU photo.
The original Wanderers trio at a WSU campus dance, 1960. We're mixed in with the dance band and their drummer! Photo by Mike Paterson.
The original Wanderers trio at a WSU campus dance, 1960. We're mixed in with the dance band and their drummer! Photo by Mike Paterson.
The original Wanderers trio, WSU, 1961. Photographer unknown.
The original Wanderers trio, WSU, 1961. Photographer unknown.
Here's to ya! Our salute to folk music lovers everywhere.
Here's to ya! Our salute to folk music lovers everywhere.
2/7/08-Two old Wanderers near an old Arizona cactus during our recent Phoenix tour.
2/7/08-Two old Wanderers near an old Arizona cactus during our recent Phoenix tour.
2/9/08-We're pickin' for the good folks in Phoenix, Ariz. This is a great venue!
2/9/08-We're pickin' for the good folks in Phoenix, Ariz. This is a great venue!
2/8/08-Not sure if Carl is joining this guy or trying to take over his action on a Scottsdale street corner.
2/8/08-Not sure if Carl is joining this guy or trying to take over his action on a Scottsdale street corner.
11-1-08 - Singing it strong for the Seattle Folklore Society. Pix by Sandy Bly.
11-1-08 - Singing it strong for the Seattle Folklore Society. Pix by Sandy Bly.
A recent program of ours at the Beaverton, OR Farmer's Market-it's a big, active market with a great audience! Photo by Chris Allen.
A recent program of ours at the Beaverton, OR Farmer's Market-it's a big, active market with a great audience! Photo by Chris Allen.
4/27 - our college buddy Bill Buchan sings bass with us at the Orcas Is. grange.
4/27 - our college buddy Bill Buchan sings bass with us at the Orcas Is. grange.
1-20-07 - Florence, OR. A wonderful festival! Ryc Williamson is on bass.
1-20-07 - Florence, OR. A wonderful festival! Ryc Williamson is on bass.
10/19/08-Countin' Shadows on the wall at Nancy's Farm, Bellingham, WA. Pix by Sandy Bly.
10/19/08-Countin' Shadows on the wall at Nancy's Farm, Bellingham, WA. Pix by Sandy Bly.
10/12/07-We're not asleep! We're putting our heart into our song at the Portland house concert.
10/12/07-We're not asleep! We're putting our heart into our song at the Portland house concert.
We're at a beautiful chapel on the Willamette University campus, Salem, OR - Oct 28, 08. Pix by David Cozart.
We're at a beautiful chapel on the Willamette University campus, Salem, OR - Oct 28, 08. Pix by David Cozart.
10/18/08-Tom, Ellen, Bill and Carl at a Poulsbo, WA. house concert. Pix by Sandy Bly.
10/18/08-Tom, Ellen, Bill and Carl at a Poulsbo, WA. house concert. Pix by Sandy Bly.
10/18/08-Poulsbo, WA. house concert, singing "Ah, The Stories We Could Tell." Pix by Sandy Bly.
10/18/08-Poulsbo, WA. house concert, singing "Ah, The Stories We Could Tell." Pix by Sandy Bly.
7/1/07-We're at Seattle's History House summer music series, singing Woody Guthrie in front of a piece of the Berlin Wall! How cool, and how appropriate.
7/1/07-We're at Seattle's History House summer music series, singing Woody Guthrie in front of a piece of the Berlin Wall! How cool, and how appropriate.
10/21/08-Singing our songs at the Goldendale, WA. Library
10/21/08-Singing our songs at the Goldendale, WA. Library
10/23/08- A FULL! house for our Guthrie program at the White Salmon, WA library.
10/23/08- A FULL! house for our Guthrie program at the White Salmon, WA library.
10/25/08-Good fun in a beautiful gallery at the Stevenson, WA. library.
10/25/08-Good fun in a beautiful gallery at the Stevenson, WA. library.
10-25-08 at Stevenson, WA. library. Newest fan Mara Haight clutches her Wanderers CD!
10-25-08 at Stevenson, WA. library. Newest fan Mara Haight clutches her Wanderers CD!
9/14/08 at the Portland Lents Park program honoring Woody Guthrie. Woody lived in the neighborhood in May 1941 while he wrote Columbia River songs. Photo by Chris Allen.
9/14/08 at the Portland Lents Park program honoring Woody Guthrie. Woody lived in the neighborhood in May 1941 while he wrote Columbia River songs. Photo by Chris Allen.
6/17/07-With friends, family and neighbors gathered, we honored Steve Kahn, the man who hired Woody Guthrie to write Columbia River songs in May 1941. Kahn passed away in April 2007 at age 96. We're at Kahn's Carmel, Cal. home.
6/17/07-With friends, family and neighbors gathered, we honored Steve Kahn, the man who hired Woody Guthrie to write Columbia River songs in May 1941. Kahn passed away in April 2007 at age 96. We're at Kahn's Carmel, Cal. home.
It's more of a party when we're pickin' and singin' Woody's songs with everyone joining in. Steve would have love it!
It's more of a party when we're pickin' and singin' Woody's songs with everyone joining in. Steve would have love it!
The Wanderers headline for the 75th Anniversary of Grand Coulee Dam, July, 2008. Pix by Scott Hunter.
The Wanderers headline for the 75th Anniversary of Grand Coulee Dam, July, 2008. Pix by Scott Hunter.
Sept. 3, 2006 - At the 10th anniversary of the Tumbleweed Music Festival, Richland, Wash. On the left is Ryc Williamson, one fine bass player.
Sept. 3, 2006 - At the 10th anniversary of the Tumbleweed Music Festival, Richland, Wash. On the left is Ryc Williamson, one fine bass player.
April 2008 at the Vermont Hills United Methodist Church in Beaverton, OR. Sunlight streaming through the stained-glass windows made quite a backdrop! Pix by Chris Allen.
April 2008 at the Vermont Hills United Methodist Church in Beaverton, OR. Sunlight streaming through the stained-glass windows made quite a backdrop! Pix by Chris Allen.
May 30,2006-Folklife Festival, Seattle - With Carl's son Casey on bass, we sing at Cafe Impromptu.
May 30,2006-Folklife Festival, Seattle - With Carl's son Casey on bass, we sing at Cafe Impromptu.
Bill with Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Bonneville Dam, July 1987
Bill with Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Bonneville Dam, July 1987
Bill picks with Peggy Seeger in Portland
Bill picks with Peggy Seeger in Portland
We're on a ferry from Seattle to Orcas Island. There's always an audience on the ferries and singing there is great fun! These kids just loved it!
We're on a ferry from Seattle to Orcas Island. There's always an audience on the ferries and singing there is great fun! These kids just loved it!
and on stage at the Tumbleweed Festival in Richland, Wash.
and on stage at the Tumbleweed Festival in Richland, Wash.
Bill and Carl in Bellingham, Wash.
Bill and Carl in Bellingham, Wash.
The Original Wanderers at Washington State U., 1960
The Original Wanderers at Washington State U., 1960

The Woody Guthrie Trail

The Wanderers with Woody Guthrie's portrait
The Wanderers with Woody Guthrie's portrait
We're just outside Pampa, TX. next to U.S. Highway 60 named for Woody Guthrie.
We're just outside Pampa, TX. next to U.S. Highway 60 named for Woody Guthrie.
We're singing This Land Is Your Land with other stars at the Oct. 7, 2006 Pampa, TX tribute to Woody Guthrie.
We're singing This Land Is Your Land with other stars at the Oct. 7, 2006 Pampa, TX tribute to Woody Guthrie.
Oct 7, 2006- Woody Guthrie Plaza, Pampa, TX. "Roll Columbia, Won't You Roll, Roll Roll..."
Oct 7, 2006- Woody Guthrie Plaza, Pampa, TX. "Roll Columbia, Won't You Roll, Roll Roll..."
In Pampa, we had a delightful visit with Mary Jo Guthrie Edgmon, Woody's sister.
In Pampa, we had a delightful visit with Mary Jo Guthrie Edgmon, Woody's sister.
We're sittin' in the corner at Harris Drug store in Pampa, TX where Woody worked and learned to play guitar, maybe even one of these guitars!
We're sittin' in the corner at Harris Drug store in Pampa, TX where Woody worked and learned to play guitar, maybe even one of these guitars!
April 2008-We're doing Woody's songs at the Vermont Hills United Methodist Church in Beaverton, OR.
April 2008-We're doing Woody's songs at the Vermont Hills United Methodist Church in Beaverton, OR.
We brought Woody Guthrie to 2,000 delegates at Portland's international Hydrovision conference.
We brought Woody Guthrie to 2,000 delegates at Portland's international Hydrovision conference.
May 2001-We dedicated Woody Guthrie Circle in Portland
May 2001-We dedicated Woody Guthrie Circle in Portland
Woody's daughter, Nora Guthrie, visited us at Guthrie Circle
Woody's daughter, Nora Guthrie, visited us at Guthrie Circle
May 27, 2006 - The Wanderers honor Woody Guthrie at Bonneville Dam
May 27, 2006 - The Wanderers honor Woody Guthrie at Bonneville Dam
We sang Woody's songs at Grand Coulee Dam to celebrate the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's 100th anniversary.
We sang Woody's songs at Grand Coulee Dam to celebrate the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's 100th anniversary.
We took The Columbia River songs to the Woody Guthrie Free Folk Festival in Okemah, OK, July 2000
We took The Columbia River songs to the Woody Guthrie Free Folk Festival in Okemah, OK, July 2000
In Okemah, OK. with Arlo Guthrie - July 2000
In Okemah, OK. with Arlo Guthrie - July 2000
In Okemah, OK. with Pete Seeger - July 2000
In Okemah, OK. with Pete Seeger - July 2000
With Arlo and Sarah Lee Guthrie at Bonneville Dam
With Arlo and Sarah Lee Guthrie at Bonneville Dam
..and at a Woody Guthrie concert in Spokane, Wash...
..and at a Woody Guthrie concert in Spokane, Wash...
and we sang Woody 's songs for public power in Eugene, Ore.
and we sang Woody 's songs for public power in Eugene, Ore.