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    Arlo Guthrie!

    We saw Arlo live tonight! He was definitely on my live music bucket list. We got a City of New Orleans, one of my all-time most favorite songs.
    It was a fun and very interesting show including his children and grandchildren and son-in-law, a very musical family. The family thing reminded me a little bit of Trump, but a lot more benign. The family takes their Woody Guthrie legacy very seriously, and did This Land is Your Land, among other songs of his.

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    I attribute a good portion of my hearing loss to an Arlo concert when I was 20. Small venue, but I was unfortunately close to a stack of speakers. Even back then, I normally brought hearing protection, but that night I didn’t, figuring “how loud could he be?”

    It was a great show though!

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    In college I went to school near Alice's Restaurant and we made a pilgrimage senior year. What an amazing meal.

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    I'm really glad that with all those children to potentially pass it along to, he didn't get the gene for Huntington's disease from his father.

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    How wonderful to read! I named my youngest Arlo

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    Biking Lady: Cool! Did you name him after Arlo Guthrie?

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    Quote Originally Posted by rosarugosa View Post
    We saw Arlo live tonight! He was definitely on my live music bucket list. We got a City of New Orleans, one of my all-time most favorite songs.
    A song written by the great Steve Goodman, and covered by many. I kind of like his original version.

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    I saw him last year in November (again) - he had recently ended the 50th anniversary of Alice's Restaurant tour, so that wasn't played. But still a good show.

    I did see David Crosby last Monday in Arlington, it was a great show as well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LDAHL View Post
    A song written by the great Steve Goodman, and covered by many. I kind of like his original version.
    Guthrie loves to relate how Goodman first played City of New Orleans for him. and it
    is even repeated in Wikipedia:

    "While at the Quiet Knight bar in Chicago, Goodman saw Arlo Guthrie, and asked to be allowed to play a song for him.
    Guthrie grudgingly agreed, on the condition that if Goodman bought him a beer, Guthrie would listen to him play for as
    long as it took to drink the beer.
    [2] Goodman played "City of New Orleans", which Guthrie liked enough that he asked to record it."

    In the interviews or videos, Guthrie likes to add:
    "That was the best beer I ever drank."

    Dunno whether he related that at the concert that rosarugosa went to...
    I love Goodman; his songs were so warm and human and told such good stories...

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