Arlo Celebrates 50 Years of Alice's Restaurant

Folk singer and social activist Arlo Guthrie, son of the American folk music legend Woody Guthrie, stopped by the Long Center in Austin, Texas on February 21, 2016, as part of his 18 month-long tour celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the event that inspired his famous song "Alice's Restaurant Massacree."








Arlo's band includes Terry Hall (drums), Bobby Sweet (guitar/vocals), Darren Todd (guitar) and Arlo's son, Abe Guthrie (Keyboards).





Setlist for Arlo Guthrie:
Set 1-
The Motorcycle Song - cartoon and performance
Chilling In The Evening
St James Infirmary
Me And My Goose
Pigmeat (Lead Belly cover)
Coming Into Los Angeles

Set 2-
Alice's Restaurant Massacree
I Hear You Sing Again (Woody Guthrie cover)
City Of New Orleans (Steve Goodman cover)
Highway In The Wind
This Land Is Your Land (Woody Guthrie cover) with Sarah Lee Guthrie

Encore: 
My Peace (Woody Guthrie cover) with Sarah Lee Guthrie











Sarah Lee Guthrie


Opening for Arlo, and performing with him on some songs, was his daughter Sarah Lee Guthrie.











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