OT: Happy 100th birthday Woody Guthrie

[HuskyNan]

I know he's no longer with us. I just wanted to recognize one of America's great musical treasures and chronicler of America in the 1930's. He also gave us Arlo Guthrie, creator of the great (and hilarious) Alice's Restaurant. Warning: the link is to the full 23 minute version.

100 years after singer Guthrie's birth, this land is his

 

[MilfordHusky]

This land is our land. Husky Nation!

 

[LesMis89]

Arlo & the Boston Pops

The link above takes you to a YouTube video (sorry that I can't figure out how to post the video here directly) from late 2007 during an appearance Arlo made with the Boston Pops. He sings "This Land is Your Land", which is great, but the best part is what he says as an intro.

 

[MilfordHusky]

A former friend from church has the original score handwritten by Woodie. Her kids had to twist her arm to put it away when her townhouse was on the market. But the pastel caricatures by Picasso were still on the wall. Very nice and talented people.

 

[OneTrickPony]

We could use him back right about now...

 

[Ozzie Nelson]

Arlo comes to mind on my frequent visits to the Dream Away Lodge…

“The Dream Away Lodge has been a Berkshire legend for more than 90 years. Rumored to have been a brothel and speakeasy during the great depression, this two hundred year old farmhouse at the edge of October Mountain State Forest is renown for its larger than life founders, Mamma Maria Frasca and her three musical daughters, and a colorful history, rich in music and local mythology.

The 1975 visitation by Arlo Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Allen Ginsberg and the Rolling Thunder Review, led to the Dream Away's prominent role in Part Two of Dylan's epic film Renaldo and Clara - enhancing an already unmatched reputation as one of Berkshire County's best loved and most closely held hilltown secrets.”

http://www.thedreamawaylodge.com/page.php?PageID=595&PageName=The+Legend