ABSTRACT
American folk and popular singer, son of Woody Guthrie, born in Brooklyn. He played in New York coffee houses 1965-1966, gained attention at the Newport Folk Festival of 1967 with his song “Alice’s Restaurant,” and recorded it successfully (Reprise 6267; 1967); a motion picture of the same name featured Guthrie in 1969. He adopted a counterculture lifestyle, and appeared at Woodstock in 1969. He had a chart song in 1970: “Valley to Pray (Reprise 0951), and a great hit in 1972: “City of New Orleans” (Reprise 1103). “Comin’ into Los Angeles” (in the album Best of Arlo Guthrie, WB 3117; 1977), was his most recent success.
