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Guthrie was born in the Coney Island neighborhood of Brooklyn, the son of the folk singer and composer Woody Guthrie and dancer Marjorie Mazia Guthrie. [1] He is the fifth, and oldest surviving, of Woody Guthrie's eight children; two older half-sisters died of Huntington's disease (of which Woody also died in 1967), an older half-brother died in a train accident, another half sister died in a ...
Son of the Wind is an album by the American folk singer Arlo Guthrie, released in 1992. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is an album of cowboy songs recorded with Guthrie's band, Shenandoah. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Guthrie had wanted to make such an album since he was a child.
The album was produced by Guthrie and his son, Abe. [6] [7] Cyril Pahinui played on the album. [8] The songs were in part inspired by Guthrie's work as a hospice volunteer. [9] Many were written three to four years before the recording sessions. [10] "Moon Song" was written for The Byrds of Paradise, on which Guthrie starred. [11]
According to a Guthrie family legend, he was listening to his son Arlo's "Alice's Restaurant", a recording of which Arlo had delivered to Woody's bedside, shortly before he died. [110] His remains were cremated and scattered at sea. [ 111 ]
Son of the Wind. Released: Label: Rising Son Records RSR-0003; Format: ... Postage Due, all songs by Woody Guthrie, performed by Arlo Guthrie with the Dillards) Released:
Guthrie states that the song is titled "Alice's Restaurant" but clarifies that this is only the name of the song, not the business owned by his friend Alice Brock.He then sings the chorus, which is in the form of a jingle for the restaurant, beginning with "You can get anything you want at Alice's restaurant" twice, and continuing with directions to it before restating the slogan once more.
Guthrie's song counts as one of the more powerful —and certainly one of the best-known – interpretations of the tragedy. [2] While "1913 Massacre" never became a folk standard, the song has been recorded and performed by many artists, including Guthrie's son Arlo; Ramblin' Jack Elliot; Scottish folksinger Alex Campbell; and Bob Dylan. [2]
Others are songs of adoration written by Guthrie with his own children in mind. For example, "Goodnight Little Arlo" was written for his son Arlo Guthrie, who was born in 1947, the same year the album was recorded. Guthrie said "I really did try to slant these songs at all of your citizens from 4 to 6, but I spilled over a little on every side."