Tom Joad - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

Tom Joad has long been an icon of social justice and protest movements. Woody Guthrie used his name in the song, "The Ballad Of Tom Joad". Bruce Springsteen wrote a song called "The Ghost of Tom Joad", the title track of his 1995 album. Springsteen's song has been covered by Rage Against the Machine, including a performance by Bruce Springsteen and Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine's guitarist) at the Rock Hall of Fame concert in 2009, and José González's group, Junip.

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John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath (1939)
Characters
  • Tom Joad
  • Jim Casy
  • Grandpa William James Joad
  • Ruthie Joad
  • Connie Rivers
  • Muley Graves
Performances
  • The Grapes of Wrath (1940 film)
  • The Grapes of Wrath (1988 play)
  • The Grapes of Wrath (2007 opera)
Music
  • "The Ghost of Tom Joad"
  • Dust Bowl Ballads ("The Ballad of Tom Joad"
  • "Do Re Mi")
  • "Pastures of Plenty"
  • Dust and Dreams
Related
  • Great Depression
  • Dust Bowl
  • Blue Willow
  • "Over Logging"
  • The Battle Hymn of the Republic

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