Hints and tips:
...Guthrie wrote the lyrics in response to Irving Berlin’s nationalistic schmaltz “God Bless America”, as sung in 1938 by Kate Smith, the first lady of radio, while storm clouds brewed in Europe....
...Critics have dubbed him the “Schmaltz King” but that hasn’t prevented him from selling out more stadiums than Bruce Springsteen. 5....
...It was a strange and fascinating occasion, far from the schmaltz-fest I had feared....
...year-old no-man’s-land between acne and ecstasy, that rigor vitae of the distrustful auditionee for adulthood, he will fall for the girl – sort of; he will yield to the young mechanic’s invitation to crash a Bruce...
International Edition