{"id":234,"date":"2016-03-04T07:00:06","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T12:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elijahwald.com\/songblog\/?p=234"},"modified":"2017-03-11T14:54:54","modified_gmt":"2017-03-11T19:54:54","slug":"slipknot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elijahwald.com\/songblog\/slipknot\/","title":{"rendered":"Slipknot (Woody Guthrie)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Slipknot (Woody Guthrie)\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fEATe2KGv8o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This is one of Woody&#8217;s less familiar songs &#8212; at least, I&#8217;ve never heard anyone else sing it &#8212; but I always thought it was one of his most powerful, because it&#8217;s so simple. 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