{"id":39588,"date":"2017-07-24T22:01:59","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T02:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=39588"},"modified":"2017-07-24T22:05:06","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T02:05:06","slug":"httpwww-thevalleyledger-comp1904-635","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=39588","title":{"rendered":"GUTHRIE TELLS IT LIKE IT IS &#8211; by Diane Fleischman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.df-foto.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Story &amp; Photographs by Diane Fleischman<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"su_carousel_69e8af726d4e2\" class=\"su-carousel su-carousel-centered su-carousel-pages-yes su-carousel-responsive-yes su-lightbox-gallery\" style=\"width:100%\" data-autoplay=\"3000\" data-speed=\"600\" data-mousewheel=\"true\" data-items=\"2\" data-scroll=\"1\"><div class=\"su-carousel-slides\"><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_1762r.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_1762r-182x200.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_1762r\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_1826r.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_1826r-182x200.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_1826r\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_1857r.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_1857r-182x200.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_1857r\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-nav\"><div class=\"su-carousel-direction\"><span class=\"su-carousel-prev\"><\/span><span class=\"su-carousel-next\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-pagination\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.musikfest.org\/musikfest-cafe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Musikfest Caf\u00e9<\/a> was packed Sunday night for a very special performance by Arlo Guthrie. New and old fans gathered and enjoyed a portion of Guthrie\u2019s musical career which spans over 55 years.<\/p>\n<p>Back in the 60\u2019s, one of the popular catch phrases that rolled off of just about everybody\u2019s lips was \u201ctell it like it is\u201d. That\u2019s exactly the main goal of any talented folksinger, and for Guthrie, he did exactly that. It\u2019s a standard assumption that when at a folk concert, one learns more about the personal life of the artist and the origin of songs. Guthrie was full of humor as he told the tales of his childhood, his early love for ragtime music, and stories of Woodstock with great humor and affection, and touched many times on his process of aging. \u201cWhen you think of folk singers today, think of someone singing songs in the key of me,\u201d Guthrie bragged.<\/p>\n<p>Whether the subject matter was politics, socialism, or whimsical little ditties like \u201cThe Motorcycle Song\u201d, he dug into his bag full of repetoire and performed favorites such as \u201cIn Times Like These\u201d, \u201cWhen a Soldier Comes Home\u201d \u201cI\u2019m Alabama Bound\u201d, and \u201cCity Of New Orleans\u201d. He added a few songs by Bob Dylan, \u201cGates of Eden\u201d, \u201cWhen the Ship Comes In\u201d, and the full four verse rendition of \u201cMr. Tambourine Man\u201d. One of his earliest influences were songs by his father which included \u201cThis Land is Your Land\u201d, and in the encore, \u201cMy Peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For Guthrie, now 70 years old, his voice hasn\u2019t aged. He still maintains the agility to move between guitar, and keyboards while adding harmonica parts effortlessly. Guthrie continues his tour on the east coast, doing what he loves, telling it like it is.<\/p>\n<h3>Arlo Guthrie\u00a0Links<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arlo.net\/\">http:\/\/www.arlo.net\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/folkslinger\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/folkslinger<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/arloguthrie\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/arloguthrie<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/jguth3\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/jguth3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?post_type=adverts_posts&p=7036\" class=\"read-more\">Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39595,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2290,69,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diane-fleischman","category-in-the-valley","category-photography"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Arlo-Guthrie.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39588"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/39595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}