#Arlo guthrie

[muppet-facts]

Muppet Fact #1063

Gonzo has a custom flamingo guitar he had shipped in from Miami.

Source:

The Muppet Show. Episode 408: Arlo Guthrie. June 19, 1979.

[90s-music-tourney]

[1976desire]

pete seeger, bob dylan, judy collins, & arlo guthrie at the woody guthrie memorial concert, 1968. photo by david gahr

[forever70s]

Arlo Guthrie on the September 29, 1969 cover of Newsweek magazine

[undergroundrockpress]

1969

[thislovintime]

Peter Tork with Arlo Guthrie and Timothy Leary on the set of Alice's Restaurant, 1968. Photo 1 by Steve Schapiro/Corbis via Getty Images, photo 2 courtesy of Everett Collection.

(Peter knew Arlo from the Greenwich Village days, particularly, according to 16 magazine, Peter's February 1964 visit to his old stomping grounds.) "[T]he Monkees use the new energies to sing the new songs and pass on the new message. [...] The Monkees' television show. Oh, you thought that it was silly teenage entertainment? Don't be fooled. While it lasted, it was a classic Sufi put on. An early-Christian electronic satire. A mystic magic show. A jolly Buddha laugh at hypocrisy. At early evening kiddie-time on Monday the Monkees would rush through a parody drama, burlesquing the very shows that glue Mom and Dad to the set during prime time. Spoofing the movies and the violence and the down-heavy-conflict-emotion themes that fascinate the middle-aged. And woven into the fast-moving psychedelic stream of action were the prophetic, holy, challenging words. Micky was rapping quickly, dropping literary names, making scholarly references: then the sudden psychedelic switch of the reality channel. He looked straight at the camera, right into your living room, and up-levelled the comedy by saying: 'Pretty good talking for a long-haired weirdo, huh, Mr. and Mrs. America?' And then ZAP, flash. Back to the innocuous comedy. Or, in a spy drama, Micky warned Peter: ‘Why this involves the responsibility for blowing up the entire world!’ Peter, confidently: ‘I’ll take that responsibility!’ And Micky, with a glance at the camera, said, ‘Wow! With a little more ego he’ll be ready to run for President!’ Why, it all happened so fast, LBJ, you didn’t even see it." - Timothy Leary, The Politics of Ecstasy (1968)

[folk-enjoyer]

Song of the day

(do you want the history of your favorite folk song? dm me or submit an ask and I'll do a full rundown)

"Alice's Restaurant Massacree" Arlo Guthrie, 1967

this song is hilarious and timeless. It's a classic anti-state/anti-war protest song.

[billboard-hotties-tourney]

Arlo Guthrie (1947-) solo Songs: "Coming Into Los Angeles," "Alice's Rock'n'Roll Restaurant" Propaganda: "he's just a little guy. watch him perform 'Walking Down the Line' at Woodstock, it's hilarious, he's high af"

Mick Jagger (1943-) The Rolling Stones - vocals Songs: "Satisfaction," "Paint It, Black" Propaganda: "Charmingly boyish-looking with a sweet smile and excellent floofy hair"

[carolinawrenn]

My favorite Thanksgiving tradition is how radio stations all over the US play "Alice's Restaurant" at noon. No matter if you're driving or cooking or playing with the little cousins or hiding out in a spare room, you can find a station playing this rambling 18-minute anti-war (and anti-littering!) song and know that tons of other people are listening along with you. And that's beautiful.

[chaoticdesertdweller]

Joan Baez and Arlo Guthrie, Woodstock 1969

📸 Jim Marshall

[aboutoriginality]

🎂

[fieldtomatoes]

"One of the country's foremost folk singers, Arlo Guthrie and his wife Jackie live in the Berkshire town of Washington, Massachusetts."

National Geographic - August, 1970

[jewish-microwave-laser]

guy whose ringtone is "alice's restaurant massacree" by arlo guthrie and won't pick up the phone until the entire song has played

[wrenb1rd]

August ! !

[forever70s]

Arlo Guthrie

[murderballadeer]

this thanksgiving remember to take half a ton of garbage, put it in the back of a red vw microbus, take shovels and rakes and implements of destruction and head on toward the city dump