Arlo Guthrie
Arlo Guthrie
Arlo Davy Guthrieis an American folk singer-songwriter. Like his father, Woody Guthrie, Arlo is known for singing songs of protest against social injustice. Guthrie's best-known work was his debut piece "Alice's Restaurant Massacree", a satirical talking blues song about 18 minutes in length that has since become a Thanksgiving anthem, and his lone top-40 hit was 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCountry Singer
Date of Birth10 July 1947
CityConey Island, NY
CountryUnited States of America
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...
Ostrich is a very lean meat. Bison is a very lean meat. Chicken is a very lean meat. Notice something about my favorite meats?
Greed and globalization aren't just America's fault.
Coming into Los Angeles, bringing in a couple of keys. Don't touch my bags, if you please Mr. Customs man.
You get people talking about being worried about their art, and dances... their culture being wiped out or taken over, and yet these same people are taking advantage of their people to use them as cheap labour.
There are people all over the world who are willing to exploit others. You can't just point the finger at America
The New York State Freeway's closed, man. Far out!
Songwriting is like fishing in a stream; you put in your line and hope to catch something. And I don't think anyone downstream from Bob Dylan ever caught anything.
We would turn everything into songs in those days...A lot of people think "Alice's Restaurant" was an anti-war song. It's not.
We had a great time on the bench talking about crime, mother-stabbin', father raping, all kinds of groovy things.
You don't need spirituality to discover the troubles that come your way. But, it's good to know that troubles are not unique to you alone.
I don't write as many songs as I used to. But, I find myself writing for social media more - times have changed. And I love photography, so a lot of my creative energy gets caught up that way.
What's in that pipe that he's smoking?