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| Mount Dora Library Association |
| February 28, 2009 |
Rotary Club of Mount Dora |
| Presents an Evening with... |
| Arlo Guthrie |
Arlo Guthrie was born with a guitar in
one hand and a harmonica in the
other, in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New
York in 1947. He is the eldest son of
America's most beloved singer/ writer/
philosopher Woody Guthrie and
Marjorie Mazia Guthrie, a professional
dancer. He grew up surrounded by
dancers and musicians and gave his
one hand and a harmonica in the
other, in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New
York in 1947. He is the eldest son of
America's most beloved singer/ writer/
philosopher Woody Guthrie and
Marjorie Mazia Guthrie, a professional
dancer. He grew up surrounded by
dancers and musicians and gave his
Arlo witnessed the transition from an earlier generation
of ballad singers like Richard Dyer-Bennet and
blues-men like Mississippi John Hurt, to a new era of
singer-song writers such as Bob Dylan, Jim Croce, Joan
Baez, and Phil Ochs. He grooved with the beat poets like
Allen Ginsburg and Lord Buckley, and picked with
players like Bill Monroe and Doc Watson. He
learned something from everyone
and developed his own style, be-
coming a distinctive, expressive
voice in a crowded community
of singer-songwriters and political-
social commentators.
With songs like "Alice's Restaurant", too long for radio
airplay; "Coming into Los Angeles", banned from many
radio stations (but a favorite at the 1969 Woodstock
Festival); and the definitive rendition of Steve Goodman's
"City of New Orleans", Guthrie was no One-Hit-Wonder.
An artist of international stature, he has never had a hit in
the usual sense.
Over the last four decades Guthrie has toured throughout
North America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia
| winning a wide, popular following. In addition to his accomplishments as a musician, playing the piano, six and twelve-string guitar, harmonica and a dozen other instruments, Arlo is a natural-born storyteller, whose tales and anecdotes figure prominently in his performances. Arlo recently created a program of symphonic arrangements of his own songs and other American classics, "An American Scrapbook". |
Arlo is also heard on "This Land is Your Land" alongside the voice of his father Woody Guthrie. The album has won several awards including a 1997 Grammy nomination as "Best Musical Album for Children". Arlo's other wide-ranging activities have included acting roles, writing and publishing The Rolling Blunder Review, a popular newsletter, since 1986, and is the author of an award-winning children's book "Mooses Come Walking". |
| In 1991 Arlo purchased the old Trinity Church. It was Thanksgiving 1965 that events took place at the church which inspired Arlo to write the song "Alice's Restaurant". Named for his parents, The Guthrie Center is a not-for-profit interfaith church foundation dedicated to providing a wide range of local and international services. Its outreach programs include everything from providing HIV/AIDS services to baking cookies with a local service organization; an HD walk-a-thon to raise awareness and money for a cure for Huntington's Disease, and offering a place simply to meditate. The Guthrie Foundation is a separate not-for-profit educational organization that addresses issues such as the environment, health care, cultural preservation and educational exchange. |
| Tickets will be on sale soon! |