Posted by dove on October 8, 1999, at 14:53:23
In reply to Thanks!!, posted by Bob on October 8, 1999, at 12:14:41
Arlo Guthrie, now there's someone I haven't heard in awhile. I was such a fan as a teen-ager and yes, he was a bit before my time. I was a hippy-punk, as diabolical as that sounds.
I went to hear him live at this Catholic University a half hour away when I was 16. I wasn't familiar with the lay-out of the campus and walked in the back-door of this Hall. He was tuning his guitar, I stood there dumb-struck, he was so much older than in Alice's Restaurant and was bigger around, gray hair, wow! I grabbed an opened bill envelope from the carpet bag that I called my purse. I stretched my arm towards him with a quiet and squeeky "I'm so honored, can you sign this?" He giggled, really and signed it, handing it back with a grin. He then asked me my age and if my parents were the ones who introduced me to his music. He was one so nice and down-to-earth. It is one of, not many, good and warm memories from my teen years.
Bob, thanks for reminding me :-) And, I hope you get your justice and even if it's not blind, hopefully it'll lean your way! (We all will put our weight behind you.)
dove~
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