Editing Arlo Guthrie (section)

====Musical career and critical reception====
[[Image:Arlo Guthrie 2007.jpg|thumb|Guthrie performing with the Guthrie Family Legacy Tour 2007]]
The "Alice's Restaurant" song was one of a few very long songs to become popular just when albums began replacing hit singles as young people's main music listening. But in 1972 Guthrie had a highly successful single as well: [[Steve Goodman]]'s song "[[City of New Orleans (song)|City of New Orleans]]",<ref name="LarkinGE"/> a wistful [[paean]] to long-distance passenger [[railway|rail]] travel. Guthrie's first trip on that train was in December 2005 (when his family joined other musicians on a train trip across the country to raise money for musicians financially devastated by [[Hurricane Katrina]] and [[Hurricane Rita]], in the South of the United States). Other songs that achieved minor popularity without reaching the [[record chart]]s included "Coming into Los Angeles", which was played at the 1969 [[Woodstock Festival]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rutlandherald.com/features/vermont_arts/alice-s-restaurant-is-back/article_18adacde-d843-53d5-8ec2-2d6b83a489f0.html|title='Alice's Restaurant' is back|author=Art Edelstein|website=Rutlandherald.com|date=October 6, 2018 |access-date=October 28, 2018}}</ref> and a live version of "[[The Motorcycle Song]]" (one of the songs on the [[A-side and B-side|B-side]] of the ''Alice's Restaurant'' album). A cover of the folk song "[[Gypsy Davy]]" was a hit on the [[easy listening]] charts.

In the fall of 1975 during a benefit concert in [[Massachusetts]], Guthrie performed with his band, Shenandoah, in public for the first time. They continued to tour and record throughout the 1970s until the early 1990s.<ref name="The Great Rock Discography"/> Although the band received good reviews, it never gained the popularity that Guthrie did while playing solo. Shenandoah consisted of (after 1976) David Grover, Steve Ide, Carol Ide, Terry A La Berry and Dan Velika<ref>{{cite journal |last=Kasten |first=Roy |url=http://archives.nodepression.com/2001/01/arlo-guthrie-outlasting-the-bluespower-of-love/ |title=Arlo Guthrie: Outlasting The Blues / Power Of Love (Koch) |journal=Not Fade Away |publisher=Americana and Roots Music – No Depression  |date=January–February 2001 |issue=31 |access-date=January 1, 2012}}</ref> and is not to be confused with the country music group [[Shenandoah (band)|Shenandoah]]. The Ides, along with Terry a la Berry, reunited with Guthrie for a 2018 tour.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/arlo-guthrie-going-on-the-alices-restaurant-back-by-popular-demand-tour/|title=Arlo Guthrie going on "The Alice's Restaurant – Back By Popular Demand Tour"|website=Brooklynvegan.com|date=August 10, 2018 |access-date=October 28, 2018}}</ref> In 1991, Guthrie's backing band was known as Xavier, an assembly of college-aged musicians led by his son Abe, designed to emulate the sound of Guthrie's studio recordings as closely as possible.<ref>{{Cite web |last=D’agostino |first=John |date=1991-03-15 |title=Arlo Guthrie's Signature Lives On : Song: His "Alice's Restaurant" was the underground anthem of that long-past Summer of Love. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-03-15-ca-247-story.html |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>

Guthrie performed a concert almost every Thanksgiving weekend at Carnegie Hall from the late 1960s until 2019; he had planned to end the tradition even before his career-ending stroke.<ref>[https://patch.com/new-york/midtown-nyc/arlo-guthrie-play-last-carnegie-hall-thanksgiving-show Arlo Guthrie To Play Final Carnegie Hall Thanksgiving Show], Patch.com, November 8, 2019</ref>

Guthrie's 1976 album ''[[Amigo (Arlo Guthrie album)|Amigo]]'' received a five-star (highest rating) from ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', and may be his best-received work. Aside from the song ''Massachusetts'', it also includes ''Victor Jara'', a poignant tribute to the slain Chilean folk singer with lyrics by poet [[Adrian Mitchell]].

However, that album, like Guthrie's earlier [[Warner Bros. Records]] albums, is rarely heard today, even though each contains strong folk and folk rock music accompanied by widely regarded musicians such as [[Ry Cooder]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2012-09-04 |title=Arlo Guthrie |url=https://www.mmone.org/arlo-guthrie/ |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=The Music Museum of New England |language=en-US}}</ref>

A number of musicians from a variety of genres have joined Guthrie onstage, including [[Pete Seeger]], [[David Bromberg]], [[Cyril Neville]], [[Emmylou Harris]], [[Willie Nelson]], [[Judy Collins]], [[John Prine]], Wesley Gray, [[Josh Ritter]], and others. A video from a concert with Seeger at [[Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts|Wolf Trap]] in 1993 has been a staple of YouTube,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSF89swJ9IU| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/sSF89swJ9IU| archive-date=2021-11-17 | url-status=live|title=Arlo Guthrie/I Can't Help Falling In Love With You| date=June 30, 2008|access-date=September 9, 2021|publisher=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> with Guthrie's story-telling showcased in a performance of "[[Can't Help Falling in Love]]".  In 2020, Guthrie collaborated with [[Jim Wilson (musician)|Jim Wilson]] on a cover of [[Stephen Foster]]'s "Hard Times Come Again No More".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jambands.com/news/2020/07/31/arlo-guthrie-and-jim-wilson-release-take-on-stephen-collins-fosters-hard-times-come-again-no-more/|title=Arlo Guthrie and Jim Wilson Release Take on Stephen Collins Foster's "Hard Times Come Again No More"|date=July 31, 2020}}</ref>

On October 23, 2020, Guthrie announced via [[Facebook]] that he had "reached the difficult decision that touring and stage shows are no longer possible," due to a series of strokes that had impaired his ability to walk and perform. All of his scheduled tour appearances for 2020 were cancelled, and Guthrie said he will not accept any new bookings offered. His final performance at Carnegie Hall was on November 29, 2019. His final live touring concert was on March 7, 2020, at The Caverns in Pelham, Tennessee.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.arloguthrie.com//about|title=About &#124; Arlo Guthrie|website=Arloguthrie.com|access-date=September 9, 2021}}</ref> He had attempted to record some private concerts in the summer of 2020 but concluded his playing was no longer up to his standards.<ref name="GoneFishing"/>

Guthrie rescinded his retirement announcement and stated that he would begin touring again in April 2023, albeit with his appearances reduced to locations in the Northeast within driving distance of his Massachusetts home, spaced at least one week apart to allow him to return home between shows. Due to the inhibitions caused by the stroke, the ''What's Left of Me'' tour was mostly conversations with Bob Santelli and archival video "with maybe some music included," but he embarked on the comeback tour in an effort to rehabilitate from his stroke more quickly.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Brooks |first=Dave |date=2022-11-14 |title=Arlo Guthrie to Come Out of Retirement for Storytelling 'What's Left of Me' Tour |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/arlo-guthrie-storytelling-tour-dates-retirement/ |access-date=2023-01-26 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> Guthrie expressed no interest in further tours after ''What's Left of Me'' ended, conceding he was no longer interested nor physically able to "live in a tour bus."<ref name=2023interview>{{Cite web |last=Daley |first=Lauren |title=Just in time for Thanksgiving, Arlo Guthrie tells it like it is |url=https://www.boston.com/culture/music/2023/11/22/just-in-time-for-thanksgiving-arlo-guthrie-tells-it-like-it-is/?s_campaign=bcom:socialflow:twitter |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=[[The Boston Globe]] |language=en-US}}</ref>