Legendary folk singer Woody Guthrie was famously commissioned by the Bonneville Power Administration in the 1940s to write songs about Columbia River hydroelectric projects. That story has been well-told again and again, and many of the songs that resulted – including “Roll On, Columbia” – have become beloved treasures of the Pacific Northwest musical canon.
But Woody wasn’t the only one ever commissioned to write music about and for the Pacific Northwest. And so, with apologies to Mr. Guthrie (who might now be “rolling-on” in his grave after being dragged into this edition of All Over The Map), here’s a sampling of other public service music that was made
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