Arlo Guthrie

Arlo Davy Guthrie (born July 10, 1947) is an American folk singer. Like his father, Woody Guthrie, Arlo often sings songs of protest against social injustice. Arlo Guthrie's most famous work is "Alice's Restaurant Massacree", a talking blues song that lasts for 18 minutes. Guthrie was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of folk singer and composer Woody Guthrie and his wife Marjorie Mazia Guthrie, who was a one-time professional dancer with the Martha Graham Company and founder of the Committee to Combat Huntington's Disease. He graduated from the Stockbridge School of Massachusetts in 1965, and briefly attended Rocky Mountain College. Singer, song writer and political activist for his life and his music that carry on the legacy of his minstrel father, Woody Guthrie. He was awarded the Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience on September 26, 1992. His most famous work is "Alice's Restaurant Massacree", a talking blues song that lasts 18 minutes and 34 seconds (in its original recorded... full article at wikipedia