But wait... there's more!

If you look at previous articles by "Slinger", you'll find these two lead-up articles... and I wouldn't be surprised if the saga continues!

Dodging SUV's on the way to Alice's Restaurant

and

Life is good, if only in the shadow of this steeple

The "Life is Good" article is absolutely the BEST! - (with a tip of the hat to Sherry!)

(I don't know why the links aren't appearing right, but if you look at the article that Bel posted, go to the bottom and click on "Additional Articles by Slinger")

Wow---Pat Rainey's quilt made it into the Toronto Star, along with Sherry's accent!<img src="http://www.arlo.net/ubb/smilies/biggrin.gif" width=15 height=15>

Yup, Sherry is even in the title, in a manner of speaking. Her manner of speaking to be exact. Life is good. I tried to do those links and I got the same results as Wyldflower. Hard to figure out because Bobbi's link is to the same kind of page and link. Anyone have any idea?

Got it! For whatever reason, you can link to the 'printer-friendly' versions:

Life Is Good

On the Road to Alice's Restaurant

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Thanks for sharing! Those were neat! <img src="http://www.arlo.net/ubb/smilies/smile.gif" width=15 height=15>

Fantastic Folk: Talented singer-songwriters can stir the soul with their creations
http://www.adn.com/perfectworld/story/3286869p-3316095c.html

Wow!!
Thanks for linking to these articles, Shelley! I hope that quilt stays put for a long time to come, and maybe we'll add one or two more to the collection!
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WOW! Pat R., you got it finished!!! Kewl!

Pat, it must be Bel's link.

Very impressive!

Weird, Nutscape does the new version here and IE does the old one.

*waves hello* This is my first post here, and I just wanted to share with you guys an article my son wrote for our local newspaper. He's a sweet, sensitive, musical guy who is a pretty good writer and has a real appreciation for all kinds of music, but especially folk music.

After going through some of my records and CD's, and after hearing that Arlo will be coming to Alaska this fall, he decided to write an article about folk music, and Arlo featured prominantly. (He writes regular articles for the teen section of the paper -- my son, not Arlo <img src="http://www.arlo.net/ubb/smilies/wink.gif" width=15 height=15>).

Anyhow, here's the article. I hope you guys like it.

Peace,

Vickie in Alaska

Edited to say, oops I didn't realize you guys had already seen this article. Oh well, at least you know now who wrote it -- my son Gareth.

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Welcome to the site! That was a good article. Arlo going to Alaska is payback time for all the times he was in warm Fla while we were freezing in VA. <img src="http://www.arlo.net/ubb/smilies/wink.gif" width=15 height=15> He'll have fun there! Maybe he'll get to stay in an Igloo & see some Moose & Polar Bears... <img src="http://www.arlo.net/ubb/smilies/smile.gif" width=15 height=15>

"$13,000 raised for cancer victim"
http://www.berkshireeagle.com/Stories/0,1413,101%257E6282%257E1494011,00.html

"Woody Guthrie's family of friends and fans flock to Okemah to celebrate world-changing music"
http://www.tulsaworld.com/

Woody Guthrie's family of friends and fans flock to Okemah to
celebrate world-changing music

When Arlo tells stories on stage it's like he's sitting on a porch swing sipping on a tall glass of lemonade reminiscing about people who have imprinted themselves on his life like brilliantly colored leaves.

During the sixth annual Woody Guthrie Folk Festival, July 9-13 in Okemah, a host of folk musicians who have made their careers in the wake of Woody Guthrie's cruise ship of a career will return to perform in the tiny Oklahoma town Woody once said "was one of the singiest, square dancingest, drinkingest, yellingest, preachingest, walkingest, talkingest, laughingest, cryingest, shootingest, fist fightingest, bleedingest, gamblingest, gun-, club- and razor-carryingest of our ranch towns and farm towns." Today, the little Okie burg isn't much more than a place to refuel or grab a bite to eat on your way down the road. But for a few days in July it becomes a musical mecca for Guthrie's fans, friends and family. "It really is a family event and I don't mean just biological family," said Arlo Guthrie, who will perform Saturday night in the Pastures of Plenty Amphitheater. "There's a very big family that shows up, made up of people who are sort of connected in their hearts and their minds." It's "a wonderful American institution," that, alas, is scheduled during a time of the year that's hotter than Satan's handshake. "The thing that I remember most is how much heat is generated out on that field in the middle of not much," he said. "I mean,it's just not right. It's downright un-American if you ask me.

The best part of performing, he said, is what happens while hanging out in the the OK Motor Lodge's parking lot. That's where the performers gather at all hours of the night to jam, shoot the breeze and tell stories until dawn. You see, telling stories is what Arlo does best. When he tells stories on stage or on the phone to a journalist he's never met, it's like he's sitting on a porch swing sipping on a tall glass of lemonade reminiscing about the people that have flitted in and out of his life, and those that have imprinted themselves like brilliantly colored leaves in the mud of his life.

Foremost on his mind recently were his friends and revered folk artists Derrol Adams, Ramblin' Jack Elliot and Pete Seeger. The latter two open for Arlo Saturday night. Not long ago, Elliot and Arlo worked together on the Adams tribute album "Banjoman" released on Arlo's record label Rising Son. During Guthrie's last European tour, his tour mate Hans Theessink, who co-produced the tribute album with Arlo, introduced some of the albums' tunes on stage by saying, "For those who don't know, Derrol Adams was a Zen Buddhist, an artist, a musician and a drunk."

In the '50s, Guthrie said, Adams influenced the likes of John Lennon, George Harrison and Mick Jagger -- just to name a few. "Those were kids who went to see Derrol and decided to go into music. He was that important," Guthrie said. "Without him, the British Invasion might not have happened." Adams was among the mainstays of the traditional music world in the '50s, including Elliot, who hung out with Woody for a short time in Topanga Canyon northwest of Santa Monica, Calif. "Most of them are gone now," Arlo said about the elite collection of musicians. "We did the tribute album because that's an era of music that's sooner than later going to be totally gone."
Before Adams' death in 2000, Arlo said Adams didn't talk much about Woody. That's alright, though. Elliot, who Guthrie said is "one of the last real traveling balladeers" is more than happy to gab about Arlo's father. Arlo laughed as he recalled some of Elliot's marathon stories that weave and meander like an Arkansas country road. "I could say, 'Jack, what was it like when you went down to Florida with my dad in '52. He'll say, 'Oh yeah, '52. I remember that. Now at that time, I had a Model T Ford. It must have been a 1948. It was black and I got it from a guy named Ernie. Now Ernie used to be on a ship. He was a wooden boat builder ...' By the time it gets around to 'Well, Jack, tell me the story about my dad, he's already told me 40 other stories that had nothing
to do with it except in his mind. It's a continuous stream of events." If you interrupt Elliot during a ramble, Arlo warned, Elliot wouldn't let you escape so easy. "You could meet him 10 years later and he will pick up the conversation from where he left off, and you still can't get another word in," he said. "I mean, it's an amazing thing and we're going to get to hear him at the festival, which I'm really pleased about."

Following Elliot on stage is the legendary Pete Seeger, the man Arlo said "is the one person who is responsible, more than anyone else, for the idea that songs and music can change the world."
He's one of Arlo's heroes because he hasn't let old age keep him from performing. "He's 83 now and he's lost some of his voice and he doesn't pick like he used to. But he has been such an inspiration," Arlo said. "Here's a guy that had to fight the government at times, he had to fight the Germans, he had to fight everybody in order to remember the idea that the songs that people sing and the things that they think are their own business. "He has really stuck in there and knows what liberty, freedom and justice are all about."

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Hi Janet: Thanks for posting the Arlo links!

Honoring a legend
By MATT GLEASON World Entertainment Writer
7/14/2003
http://www.tulsaworld.com/


Arlo Guthrie (left) and Pete Seeger perform together Saturday at the Woody Guthrie
Folk Festival at the Pastures of Plenty Amphitheater in Okemah.

Below: Ramblin’ Jack Elliot got off to a cranky start at the festival.
Photos by JAMES GIBBARD/Tulsa World


Fans, friends and family gather to pay tribute to
Woody Guthrie

A man's worth can be judged by the amount of people who talk and praise him long after he's buried six feet under the earth.
If that's the case, Woody Guthrie is priceless.

During the five-day Woody Guthrie Folk Festiva, Woody's fans, friends and family gathered to honor the legendary folk artist in
the small Oklahoma town where he was born in 1912.

Saturday night at the Pastures of Plenty Amphitheater in Okemah, Don Conoscenti, Carrie Newcomer, Ellis Paul and Josh White,
Jr. entertained thousands of fans seated in lawn chairs or laid out on comfy blankets.

As night fell on the amphitheater, the throngs of people were ready to hear the three men who knew Woody like few ever did
-- Ramblin' Jack Elliot, Pete Seeger and Woody's son Arlo -- perform.

Elliot isn't called Ramblin' Jack just because he's well-traveled. Nope, the 71-year-old musician talks like his mouth is a water
spigot and words are his water.

He's a charismatic storyteller so it was a shame that he seemed to have been rustled from his bed to perform. He didn't seem
to happy about that, especially because he thought he didn't have to perform until Sunday. So, like most people when they
wake up, Elliot was a bit onry about a number of things, like flash photography.

During the Woody-penned tune "Pretty Boy Floyd," bright camera flashes "cut through" Elliot and made him forget the words to
the tune about the infamous Okie bandit.

Elliot later bristled at the faulty stage setup, which didn't seem to cause the other concert
performers much problems.

During Bob Dylan's "Don't Think Twice It's Alright," Elliot halted the tune -- by this time, it
wasn't the least bit surprising -- and joked that he would sing the song "acapulco" because
the stage monitors were fouled up.

After the Dylan tune, Elliot thankfully seemed to perk up a bit from the coffee he asked for on
stage.

"I'm actually waking up," he said. "It's blowing my mind."

Although Elliot's somewhat lethargic state hampered his performance, his ramblin' rambles,
that included meandering tales about his first time in Okemah 50 years ago and about a dog
that was once his driver and manager, were enjoyable even though they were more than a
bit head-scratchingly odd.

According to the festival schedule, Seeger and Arlo were supposed to perform separately. However, the show was running late
-- Elliot finished up around 11:30 p.m. -- so the pair decided to perform together on stage. It worked out pretty well
considering Seeger, 84, readily acknowledged that his voice isn't what it used to be.

During the introduction to "Turn, Turn, Turn," based on Ecclesiastes in the Bible, Seeger said he prefers to let audiences help
him carry tunes while he accompanies them on banjo.

Throughout his set, he was like a beloved church choir leader who, despite his advanced age, still loves to hear many voices
meld together into one sweet, collective voice. After all, that's what Seeger has spent a lifetime hoping and striving for -- an
America where people work together to create something greater than themselves.

A highlight of his show was the goofy tune "English is Cuh-ray-zee," which points out how backwards the English language can
be. For example, "How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell the next?"

Leave it to Arlo, though, to steal the show. He's a consummate entertainer always ready with a story about his father that's
both witty and insightful.

During the introduction to his father's tune "Dead or Alive," Arlo talked about how people know that Woody wrote countless
songs but they don't understand that Woody also tried to make a living doing it.

"The fact that he failed to do that kept his reputation intact," Arlo said.

Following "Dead or Alive," Arlo said some people don't realize that Woody, although a prolific writer, also was a musical thief.

"People called it stealing or plagiarism and other bad words like that until Pete (Seeger) came along and renamed it the folk
process," Arlo said. "Thank god for that. I think my dad's theory was if you wanted people to sing along on your new song, it'd
be a hell of a start if they already knew your tune or even some of the words."

Arlo gave an example of his father's use of the "folk process" during the intro to "Gypsy Davey." Woody re-wrote the song about
a band of gypsys who run off with the lady of a castle but later have to deal with the wrath of the castle's lord.

"In the original tune, the lord hangs them all," Arlo said and smiled. "In my dad's version, though, the girl ends up with the
guitar player -- as it should be."

Seeger and a gaggle of people from backstage, including earlier performers, closed out the show with one of Woody's most
famous tunes "This Land is Your Land."

Wanted to let you all know that Mix Magazine has a look at the recording of City of New Orleans in it's July issue. Here is the url http://mixonline.com/ar/audio_arlo_guthries_city/index.htm

I just checked it out so it should work.. If not go to mixonline.com and click on current issue, scroll down a bit and you'll find the link. Read on!