The Register Citizen (Torrington, CT)
Arlo Guthrie to give solo show Sept. 16
TORRINGTON » The Warner Theatre will welcome folk legend Arlo Guthrie in a rare solo appearance to the Main Stage on Saturday, Sept. 16 at 8 p.m.
Guthrie was born with a guitar in one hand and a harmonica in the other, to America’s most beloved singer/writer/philosopher Woody Guthrie and Marjorie Mazia Guthrie.
He gave his first public performance in 1961 at age 13 and quickly became involved in the music that was shaping the world. Guthrie practically lived in the most famous venues of the “Folk Boom” era.
He witnessed the transition from an earlier generation of ballad singers like Richard DyerBennet and blues-men like Mississippi John Hurt, to a new era of singer-song writers such as Bob Dylan, Jim Croce, Joan Baez, and Phil Ochs.
He grooved with beat poets like Allen Ginsburg and Lord Buckley, and picked with players like Bill Monroe and Doc Watson. He learned something from everyone and developed his own style, becoming a distinctive, expressive voice in a crowded community of singersongwriters and political-social commentators.
Guthrie’s career exploded in 1967 with the release of “Alice’s Restaurant”, whose title song premiered at the Newport Folk Festival helped foster a new commitment among the ‘60s generation to social consciousness and activism. An artist of international stature,
he has never had a ‘hit’ in the usual sense. He has usually preferred to walk to his own beat rather than march in step to the drum
of popular culture.
During the last five decades Guthrie has toured throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia winning a wide, popular following. In addition to his accomplishments as a musician, playing the piano, six and twelve-string
guitar, harmonica and a dozen other instruments, Arlo is a natural-born storyteller, whose tales and anecdotes figure prominently in his performances.
To purchase tickets, call the Warner Box Office at 860-489-7180 or visit warnertheatre.org.