Author Archives: Mike
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Mike Ragogna: Arlo, what are your thoughts about your father Woody Guthrie’s legacy? Arlo Guthrie: Well it’s interesting because over the last fifty years, the way that we think about him has changed dramatically because of the new material that’s been coming out that he wrote the lyrics for. But my dad was not a […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: Arlo, what advice do you have for new artists? Arlo Guthrie: I don’t have any advice that anybody would want to take, but if I had to distill my father’s advice, it would be that it’s better to fail at being yourself than to succeed at being somebody else.
Continue readingMike Ragogna: Colin, what does Woody Guthrie mean to you? Colin Gilmore: To me, Woody Gutherie was the voice that made having a conscience seem fun. I guess becoming our nation’s musical folk hero just came along with the territory. No one could have opened our country’s eyes like he did. MR: What kind of […]
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