Tom Joad - in Popular Culture

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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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