Pop Wagner and Charlie Maguire honor Woody Guthrie in the Radio Heartland studio

Mike Pengra (L) interviews Pop Wagner and Charlie Maguire in the Radio Heartland studio. Eric Romani | MPR

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July 12, 2022

One of the last live interviews we did in the Radio Heartland studios in the late winter of 2020 was with local folksingers Charlie Maguire and Pop Wagner. At that time, they were promoting an evening of Woody Guthrie music at a local establishment. Enter COVID. Now, here we are, midway through 2022 and whaddya know? Charlie and Pop are at it again, and are back in our studio!

Woody Guthrie would be 110 this week, and to celebrate, the boys are back at Crooners in Fridley, Minn., this Saturday evening for a night of Guthrie music and readings. They stopped at Radio Heartland to talk about Woody’s huge influence on American folk music and life, and why his music never gets old.

A man with a bushy moustache sings and plays guitar in a recording studio — Pop Wagner and Charlie Maguire perform in the Radio Heartland studio.
Eric Romani | MPR

A man sings, plays guitar and harmonica in a recording studio — Pop Wagner and Charlie Maguire (pictured) perform in the Radio Heartland studio.
Eric Romani | MPR

Songs performed
Baltimore to Washington
High Floods and Low Waters
Oklahoma Hills

Pop Wagner and Charlie Maguire - Baltimore to Washington (Woody Guthrie cover) (live at Radio Heartland)

Pop Wagner and Charlie Maguire - High Floods and Low Water (Woody Guthrie cover) (live at Radio Heartland)

Pop Wagner and Charlie Maguire - Oklahoma Hills (Woody Guthrie cover) (live at Radio Heartland)

Personnel
Charlie Maguire – guitar, vocals
Pop Wagner – guitar, fiddle, vocals

Credits
Evan Clark – audio engineer
Eric Romani – visuals
Luke Taylor – digital producer
Mike Pengra – host