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I've heard this Arlo piece on KMUD a few times. It's a great story,
told as only Arlo can. It is on the CD "Sing Out For Seva", a benefit
for the Seva foundation, Wavy Gravy's organization that performs low
cost sight-restoring surgery to the poor in underdeveloped countries.
It's a great CD, too: G.Nash&D.Crosby (Wooden Ships), B.Raitt,
B.Hornsby, Lesh, Weir, Kaukonen and more. (end of plug)
RR
byron bentley wrote:
> Folk concert in Los Angeles in 1993. I had attended this show to see Joni, and
> aside from the rush of seeing her, one of the highlights of the concert was
> Arlo's story.
>
> Arlo was describing a folk music festival which had happened in either Russia or
>
> some part of Eastern Europe; Pete Seeger was also on the bill. Apparently
> everyone was performing all of the old folk standards to a pretty luke warm
> response from the crowd. At some point Arlo started up with an Elvis Presley
> song, and he said Pete Seeger shot him an intense look of disapproval, but he
> went on with the song all the same. Arlo said that within moments, everyone in
> the audience was singing along with great enthusiasm. Finally a song to which
> everyone knew the words. He said he glanced back over at Pete to get his
> reaction only to discover that he was singing along too. Aha - Pete Seeger also
>
> knew the words.
>
> It was a great story that offered a whole new definition of "Folk Music." There
>
> was a PBS presentation of a 1 hour version of the Troubadours of Folk concert,
> which included Arlo spinning this tale as only Arlo could tell it. (Joni
> performs "Borderline")
