Wonderful
show by Arlo and band (including his son Abe) this past Thursday – highly recommended
even if you’re not a huge fan. (You will come out a bigger fan.) Started by
performing “Motorcycle Song” along with a cartoon version from the 60s that recently
turned up. Anecdotes abounded, from Woodstock to Rambling Jack Elliott “keeping
an eye on him” when he made his first trip to California to perform. Kicked off
the second set with “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree”, synced to scenes from the
movie of the same name, and encored with a touching audience sing-along to “Peace
Song”, for which Arlo had written a tune to go with his father’s lyrics. Other
highlights included “Coming into Los Angeles”, “Me And My Goose”, “City of New
Orleans” (which according to Arlo was turned down by Johnny Cash), and of
course “This Land Is Your Land”.
We decided
to go to the Weinberg rather than to one of the two shows at the Birchmere
since they offered reserved seating. We were in the left orchestra section on
the aisle in row T – not bad, but a little distant. Lucked out a bit
dinner-wise at Sumittra, a nice Thai restaurant a block away, by getting two
seats without having made a reservation. Hadn’t expected a big crowd on a
Thursday evening, but it’s not a large place.
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