A boy with a guitar sang the "Down Home Blues," chording delicately for himself, and on his second chorus three harmonicas and a fiddle joined him. From the tents the people streamed toward the platform, men in their clean blue denim and women in their ginghams. They came near to the platform and then stood quietly waiting, their faces bright and intent under the light.
– John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 24. The music for the Weedpatch Saturday night dance starts up and draws the crowds. There is an atmosphere of freedom and hope about the camp, as the migrants forget about their cares for a while.