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Also known as Arlo Davy Guthrie

American folk singer

Person · Open Library

Works
9

Top works

  • Me and My Goose
  • Rising Son
  • Whose Moose Am I?
  • This Land Is Your Land
  • Woodstock

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Film & TV

Acting · Coney Island, New York, U.S.

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Arlo Davy Guthrie (born July 10, 1947) is an American folk singer. Like his father, Woody Guthrie, Arlo often sings songs of protest against social injustice. One of Guthrie's better-known works is "Alice's Restaurant Massacree", a satirical talking blues song of about 18 minutes in length. Description above from the Wikipedia article  Arlo Davy…

Known for

  • Janis Ian: Breaking Silence — Self2025
  • Positively Porco: The Untold Story of Folk City’s Golden Era2024
  • Ramblin' Jack Elliott: A Texas Ramble2020
  • Motian in Motion — Self2020
  • Woody Guthrie: Three Chords and the Truth — Himself2019
  • Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970 — Self2019
  • Arlo Guthrie - Alice’s Restaurant 50th Anniversary Concert With Arlo Guthrie — Himself2015
  • Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation — Self2013
  • Radio Unnameable — Himself2012
  • Pete Seeger: The Power of Song — Self2007

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
337,753
Total plays
2,498,022

Tags

folksinger-songwriter60sclassic rockamericana

Arlo Guthrie (born 10th July 1947, Brooklyn, New York ) is an American folk singer who is the son of folk singer and composer Woody Guthrie and his wife Marjorie Mazia Guthrie, a one-time professional dancer with the Martha Graham Company and founder of The Committee to Combat Huntington's Disease. He graduated from the Stockbridge School of Massachusetts in 1965, and briefly attended Rocky Mountain College. His most famous work is Alice's Restaurant <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Arlo+Guth

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Quotes

  • For one minute, think of the last guy. Nobody's got it worse than that guy. Nobody in the whole world. He's so alone in the world, that he doesn't even have a street to lay in for a truck to run him over.
  • Be serious. Folk songs are serious. That's what Pete Seeger told me. "Arlo, I only wanna tell you one thing. Folk songs are serious." And I said "Right."
  • It's about the time I was riding my Motorcycle, going down a mountain road at 150 miles an hour, playing my guitar.
  • We went back, afterward, after the show was over that night, I took my kids backstage and said, "You know what? I know my dad's songs..."
  • I froze in time! And I thought "My God......I'm free!"
  • You can get anything you want at Alice's RestaurantYou can get anything you want at Alice's RestaurantWalk right in, it's around the backJust a half a mile from the railroad trackYou can get anything you want, at Alice's Restaurant

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Key facts

Born
Arlo Davy Guthrie , ( 1947-07-10 ) July 10, 1947 (age 78) , Brooklyn , New York City, U.S.
Genres
Folk folk rock talking blues protest music
Occupations
Musician songwriter
Instruments
Guitar piano vocals autoharp banjo harmonica saxophone
Works
Arlo Guthrie discography
Years active
1965–2020 2023
Labels
Warner Bros. Rising Son Koch
Spouses
Jackie Hyde ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1969 ; died 2012 ) ​ Marti Ladd ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2021 ) ​
Website
arlo.net
Parents
Woody Guthrie (father) Marjorie Mazia (mother)

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Encyclopedic overview

Arlo Davy Guthrie (born July 10, 1947) is an American folk singer-songwriter. He is known for singing songs of protest against social injustice, and storytelling while performing songs, following the tradition of his father, Woody Guthrie. Guthrie's best-known work is his debut piece, "Alice's Restaurant Massacree", a satirical talking blues song of about 18 minutes that has since become a Thanksgiving anthem. His only top-40 hit is a cover of Steve Goodman's "City of New Orleans". His song "Massachusetts" was named the official folk song of the state, in which he has lived most of his adult life. Guthrie has also made several acting appearances. He is the father of four children, who have also had careers as musicians.

Early life and education

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