Arlo Guthrie Family Legacy Tour
Saturday, June 17 @ Calfornia Plaza
Arlo Guthrie gave a fantastic concert at UCLA back in the fall of 2005 and this time he came back to LA with the whole family in tow. His humorous brand of socio-political folk music was very welcome on a balmy day in LA. Of course he did "Alice's Restaurant", his signature tune and "Flying into Los Angeles" and his daughter did his songs justice with her band. But it's his renditions of his father Woody Guthrie's songs that put a lump in my throat this time around. "My Peace" and especially "This Land is Your Land" ( a song I had to sing at many, many spring sings in Libertyville, IL) speak so poignantly to the reality of 2006, with war and the fight for immigrant rights dominating the headlines. It's not just listening to a 60's throwback, it's going to see a man whose music has come full circle.
For more info on other shows at California Plaza, check out http://www.grandperformances.org
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