If this
sounds vaguely familiar, it’s because this is the second show we caught on the
Guthrie “50th Anniversary” tour. (The first was almost exactly one year ago.) The tour is still going strong – nice crowd at Strathmore, two-sold
out shows at the Birchmere coming up this weekend, plus one in Annapolis in
May.
We had much
closer seats this time (Row J, 116-117 – center section on the left aisle). The
band continued to rock, especially on the classic “Coming Into Los Angeles”. Arlo’s
daughter Sarah Lee Guthrie has recently been opening his shows; she did a
35-minute set leading off with “Catch The Wind” and including two originals
plus songs by Woody Guthrie and Phil Ochs. She performed with the band, which
was a bit of a mixed blessing, as a few of the more gentle tunes (“Catch The
Wind” most notably) really aren’t meant for drums.
Consequently,
Arlo’s section of the show was somewhat shorter than in Frederick. Both times
he did two sets (coming on right after his daughter this time), but he dropped
four songs from the show (including, unfortunately, “Darkest Hour”), while
adding “St. James Infirmary”.
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