Arlo Guthrie regroups for long solo tour
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Folksinger and songwriter Arlo Guthrie will "reunite" with himself and return to the road as a solo act for a year-long tour that looks to hit more than 60 cities in the US and Canada.
"Sometimes you just want to do things yourself," Guthrie said in a press release for the outing, which he's billing as "Solo Reunion Tour--Together at Last." The singer, son of legendary folksinger Woody Guthrie and best known for his '60s hit "Alice's Restaurant," will start off down his long and winding solo road July 6 with the first of three shows at his home base in Housatonic, MA.
The tour stretches through the next 11 months, with Guthrie paying repeated visits to Housatonic and "The Church," which is the real-life setting of the events detailed in "Alice's Restaurant," and which Guthrie bought in 2002. The site now houses the Guthrie Center, an interfaith religious center and performing space.
Guthrie's full schedule is included below.
Like his late father, Guthrie remains committed to political and social causes. In December 2005, Guthrie and his family took a train trip from Chicago to New Orleans, stopping along the way to perform benefit concerts for musicians who lost their homes and livelihood in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
"We saw the disaster unfold in New Orleans, on a level that probably hadn’t been seen since the Dust Bowl era … and I wanted to do something that would actually help," Guthrie told the Wall Street Journal at the time. The performer and his family raised more than $100,000 for musicians affected by the disaster, according to Guthrie's publicist.
Guthrie's most recent studio work is "Alice's Restaurant--The Massacree Revisited," a complete 1997 re-recording of his 1967 debut album.
July 2007
6-8 - Housatonic, MA - The Church
12-14 - Okemah, OK - Woody Guthrie Folk Festival
19 - Peoria, IL - Center Stage at the Landing
21 - Cleveland, OH - Cain Park
29 - Hillsdale, NY - Falcon Ridge Folk Festival
August 2007
2 - New York, NY - Lincoln Center
4 - Freeport, ME - L.L. Bean Summer Concert Series
5 - Lancaster, MA - Nashua River Valley Folk Festival
10 - Orkney Springs, VA - The Shenandoah Valley Music Festival
12 - Vienna, VA - Wolf Trap
17 - Bethel, NY - Bethelwoods
24-26 - Rhinebeck, NY - Omega Institute
September 2007
27 - Homer, NY - The Homer Arts Center
28 - Clinton, NY - Kirkland Arts Center
29 - Fairfield, CT - Quick Center for the Arts
30 - Bennington, VT - The Mt. Anthony Union High School
October 2007
5-7 - Housatonic, MA - The Church
12, 13 - Steelville, MO - Wildwood Springs Lodge
16 - Calumet, MI - The Calumet Theater
18 - Madison, WI - The Barrymore
19 - Elgin, IL - Hemmens Cultural Center
20 - Rockford, IL - The Coronado Performing Arts Center
23, 24 - Ann Arbor, MI - The Ark
26 - Peterborough, Ontario - Showplace
27 - Toronto, Ontario - Massey Hall
28 - Ottawa, Ontario - The Centrepoint Theater
November 2007
2 - Lexington, KY - The Singletary Center
7, 8 - Alexandria, VA - The Birchmere
10 - Glenside, PA - The Keswick
12 - Harrisburg, PA - The Whitaker Center
15 - Fitchburg, MA - Weston Auditorium
16 - Pittsfield, MA - The Colonial Theater
17 - Springfield, MA - The Springfield Symphony Hall
18 - Torrington, CT - The Warner Theater
22 - Housatonic, MA - The Church
24 - New York, NY - Carnegie Hall
February 2008
1 - Randolph, VT - Chandler Theater
2 - Burlington, VT - The Flynn Center
8 - Hampton, VA - The American Theater
9 - Charlottesville, VA - The Paramount Theater
10 - Richmond, VA - The Modlin Center for the Arts
13 - Newberry, SC - The Newberry Opera House
14, 15 - Asheville, NC - The Diana Wortham Theater
16 - Durham, NC - The Carolina Theater
18 - Hilton Head, SC - The Coastal Arts Center
26, 27 - Baton Rouge, LA - The Manship Theater
March 2008
1 - Fayetteville, AR - The Walton Arts Center
5 - Edwardsville, IL - Southern Illinois University
7-9 - Ann Arbor, MI - The Ark
12 - Fort Worth, TX - Bass Hall
April 2008
5, 6 - Seattle, WA - The Paramount Theater
10 - Berkeley, CA - Zellerbach Hall
11 - Napa, CA - The Opera House
12 - Chico, CA - Laxon Auditorium
13 - Carmel, CA - The Sunset Theater
16 - Santa Barbara, CA - Campbell Auditorium
17 - Los Angeles, CA - Royce Hall
24 - Flagstaff, AZ - The Orpheum Theater
25 - Scottsdale, AZ - The Scottsdale Center for the Arts
26 - Tucson, AZ - The Fox Theater
May 2008
8 - Hartford, CT - The Lincoln Theater
9 - Princeton, NJ - The McCarter Theater
10 - Patchogue, NY - The Patchogue Theater
15 - Springfield, IL - Sangamon Auditorium
16 - Bloomington, IL - The Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts
17 - Dowagiac, MI - The Dogwood Festival
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