Saturday, April 12
Solo & Alone
Arlo Guthrie
LAXSON AUDITORIUM | 7:30 p.m.$30 Premium | $25 Adult | $23 Senior | $20 Student/Child
"Guthrie is a fascinating peek into the history of American folk music." — Ann Arbor News
On Thanksgiving Day 1965, Arlo Guthrie began writing his epic saga The Alice's Restaurant Massacre. Based on actual events that took place in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, the saga became a song. The song became a record. The record became a major motion picture. And Arlo became a cultural hero, inspiring a whole generation to social consciousness and activism. Arlo, a natural-born storyteller, ties his performances together with witty anecdotes and thought-provoking ideas and songs that are still relevant today.
Son of legendary folksinger Woody Guthrie, Arlo grew up surrounded by some of the most important musicians of the era. Drawn to the music that was shaping the world in the 1960s, he developed his own folk style, a distinctive expressive voice in a crowded community of singer-songwriters. In addition to playing the piano, six and twelve-string guitars, harmonica and more, Guthrie is a prolific songwriter and personalizes each song he writes and performs.
"Some people think a folksinger is someone who just sings their own songs. That's a shame. It's like being of the tradition, rather than in it. I've taught myself to make any song I like, my own. This is the secret of all great spiritual teachings: claim nothing as yours and everything belongs to you. If it doesn't make sense, it's probably true." says Guthrie.
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