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Arlo Guthrie 1947 - Featured Artist… http://www.arlo.net/bio.shtml
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Discography 2007 In Times Like These 1982 Power of Love 2005 Woody’s 20 Grow Big Songs 1979 Outlasting the Blues 2005 Together In Concert 1978 One Night 2005 This Land is Your Land 1976Amigo 2005 Arlo Guthrie – Live in Syndey 1975 Arlo Guthrie and Pete Seeger: Together in Concert 1997 Alice’s Restaurant: The Massacre Revisited 1974 Arlo Guthrie 1996 Mystic Journey 1973 Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys 1994 More Together Again, Vol. 2 1972 Hobo’s Lullaby 1994 More Together Again, Vol. 1 1970 Washington County 1992 Son of the Wind 1969 Running Down the Road 1990 Baby’s Storytime 1969 Alice’s Restaurant [Original Soundtrack] 1986Someday1968Arlo 1982 Precious Friend 1967 Alice’s Restaurant
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Arlo Gutrhie: A Timeline 1965 Convicted of Littering (inspiration for Alice’s Restaurant) 1967 Records Alice’s Restaurant 1969 Appears in film Alice’s Restaurant based on the song 1969 Appears at Woodstock 1972 Records Steve Goodman’s song The City of New Orleans 1975 Appears in concert with Pete Seeger 1982 Appears in concert with Pete Seeger again 1983 Began Rising Son, his own record label 1991 Purchases Trinity Church, site of Alice’s Restaurant saga 2004 Publishes Mooses Come Walking (a children’s book) with Alice Brock 2006 Performs with UK Symphony Orchestra
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Arlo Guthrie has, for many years, been a respected fixture in the American folk music tradition.
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His early life was deeply involved in music. His father was the legendary Woody Guthrie, and his mother was a dancer with the Martha Graham company. His father was the legendary Woody Guthrie, and his mother was a dancer with the Martha Graham company. In addition, his father’s friends and associates (Pete Seeger, Leadbelly, Lee Hayes, etc.) were regular fixtures in his experience. In addition, his father’s friends and associates (Pete Seeger, Leadbelly, Lee Hayes, etc.) were regular fixtures in his experience. He learned to play guitar and harmonica at a very young age. He learned to play guitar and harmonica at a very young age. Early musical influences…
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He knew that music would be his career at an early age. While still in his teens, he was a regular on the coffee house circuit in New York. While still in his teens, he was a regular on the coffee house circuit in New York. He also played and sang at coffee houses and clubs in Philadelphia and Boston. He also played and sang at coffee houses and clubs in Philadelphia and Boston. His most famous record, Alice’s Restaurant, was released in 1967 when he was a mere twenty years old. His most famous record, Alice’s Restaurant, was released in 1967 when he was a mere twenty years old. Career development…
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Arlo has used his music to promote, protest, and/or comment upon his opinions about political and social issues. Alice’s Restaurant, of course, protested the war in Vietnam (as well as told the story of Guthrie’s dismissal from the draft). Alice’s Restaurant, of course, protested the war in Vietnam (as well as told the story of Guthrie’s dismissal from the draft). I’m Changing My Name to Chrysler (written by Tom Paxton), which Arlo recorded on the Precious Friend album with Pete Seeger, is his commentary on the U.S. government bail out (via federal loan guarantees) of the Chrysler Motor Company in 1979 at the behest of Lee Iacocca. I’m Changing My Name to Chrysler (written by Tom Paxton), which Arlo recorded on the Precious Friend album with Pete Seeger, is his commentary on the U.S. government bail out (via federal loan guarantees) of the Chrysler Motor Company in 1979 at the behest of Lee Iacocca. The Neutron Bomb is Guthrie’s tongue-in-cheek exploration of the nuclear weapon situation post World War II while the Cod War was still a consideration. The Neutron Bomb is Guthrie’s tongue-in-cheek exploration of the nuclear weapon situation post World War II while the Cod War was still a consideration. Arlo Guthrie has taken up the reins of his father’s and Pete Seeger’s generation of folk musicians, and used his early professional experiences to continue the traditions of American folk music. Arlo Guthrie has taken up the reins of his father’s and Pete Seeger’s generation of folk musicians, and used his early professional experiences to continue the traditions of American folk music. Purpose of the music…
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Album cover for “Washington County” http://www.arlo.net/ Song or video clips to be played… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSIy0wq_-8A
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Bibliography “Arlo Guthrie.” CMT Artists: Biography. Country Music Television, Inc., 7 may 2007,http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/guthrie_arlo/bio.jhtml>. “Arlo Guthrie.” CMT Artists: Biography. Country Music Television, Inc., 7 may 2007,http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/guthrie_arlo/bio.jhtml>. “Arlo Guthrie Discography.” Star Pulse. 2007 All media Guide LLC. 7 May 2007,http;//www.starpulse.com/Music/Guthrie,_Arlo/Discography/In dex/P1994/1/.. “Arlo Guthrie Discography.” Star Pulse. 2007 All media Guide LLC. 7 May 2007,http;//www.starpulse.com/Music/Guthrie,_Arlo/Discography/In dex/P1994/1/.. Downin, Dave. “The Official Oughtabiography of Arlo Guthrie.” Arlo.net. 2007. 7 May 2007,http://www.arlo.net/bio.shtml.. Downin, Dave. “The Official Oughtabiography of Arlo Guthrie.” Arlo.net. 2007. 7 May 2007,http://www.arlo.net/bio.shtml.. Dreifus, Claudia. “Arlo Guthrie.” Progressive 57 (Feb. 1993): 32-35 Dreifus, Claudia. “Arlo Guthrie.” Progressive 57 (Feb. 1993): 32-35 Grimbly, Shona ed., “Fold Music.”The Story of Music: Folk, Country, and Cajun Music. Groiler Educational. 2001. Grimbly, Shona ed., “Fold Music.”The Story of Music: Folk, Country, and Cajun Music. Groiler Educational. 2001. Partridge, Elizabeth. This land Was made fo you and Me. NY: Penguin Putnam Books, 2002. Partridge, Elizabeth. This land Was made fo you and Me. NY: Penguin Putnam Books, 2002.
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