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During the depression of which Grapes of Wrath is set the popular music of the time were what was leftover from the 20's which glorified the upper class "American Dream." The popular songs of the 1930's were from Gershwin, Irving Berlin and Cole…

The songs featured in this list commonly desire for better days, and explore their despair. There is a disparity between the songs since they are just coming from the ritzy 1920's Puttin on the Ritz is paired with Worried Man Blues. The list…

Here are a list of popular songs from later into the 30's.

A Harmonica is easy to carry. Take it out of your hip pocket, knock it against your palm to shake out the dirt and pocket fuzz and bits of tobacco. Now it’s ready. You can do anything with harmonica: thin reedy single tone, or chords, or melody with…

A guitar is more precious. Must learn this thing. Fingers of the oft hand must have callous caps. Thumb of the right hand a horn of callous Stretch the left-hand fingers, stretch them like a spider's legs to get the hard pads on the frets (362.)