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Arlo Guthrie Telling His Story

Jacoba Atlas, KRLA Beat, 9 March 1968

HE'S SLIGHT OF build with long hair that hangs almost to his shoulders in curls. At 20, he is an incredible mixture of youth and age, of knowledge and innocence. He is also the master of the put-on. He is Arlo Guthrie, son of the famous Woody Guthrie, the man who reflected a whole generation of people with his interpretation of the Depression, the man who influenced another generation of songwriters with his music.

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