Arlo Guthrie : The Best of Arlo Guthrie
Genre: Folk Rock	Dates: 1967-1977

Being the son of America’s greatest folk music master had to be a heavy load to carry, especially since he’d died before the kid started his career, but, on these tunes, Arlo Guthrie demonstrated he was a distinctly different talent who, if not as definitive an artist, was worthy of close listening. This CD is worth checking out if only for “Alice’s Restaurant,” which, if you’ve never heard it, is one of the biggest shaggy dog stories in American musical history, complete with a twist ending, and “City of New Orleans” (written by unsung tunesmith Steve Goodman) even hit the Top 40, something Papa Woody never did (even if he wouldn’t have wanted to).

Playlist:
1. Alice's Restaurant Massacre
2. Gabriel's Mother's Hiway Ballad #16 Blues
3. Cooper's Lament
4. Motorcycle Song (Significance Of The Pickle)
5. Coming Into Los Angeles
6. Last Train
7. City Of New Orleans
8. Darkest Hour
9. Last To Leave