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Arlo Guthrie solos at the Warner

Contributed photo Folk music icon Arlo Guthrie is coming to the Warner Theatre on Sept. 16.Folk music icon Arlo Guthrie is coming to the Warner Theatre on Sept. 16.

Contributed photo Folk music icon Arlo Guthrie is coming to the Warner Theatre on Sept. 16.Folk music icon Arlo Guthrie is coming to the Warner Theatre on Sept. 16.

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Torrington >> The Warner Theatre will welcome folk legend ARLO GUTHRIE in a rare solo appearance to the Main Stage on Saturday, September 16 at 8 pm.

Arlo Guthrie was born with a guitar in one hand and a harmonica in the other, to America’s most beloved singer/writer/philosopher Woody Guthrie and Marjorie Mazia Guthrie.

Guthrie gave his first public performance in 1961 at age 13 and quickly became involved in the music that was shaping the world. Arlo practically lived in the most famous venues of the “Folk Boom” era. He witnessed the transition from an earlier generation of ballad singers like Richard Dyer-Bennet and blues-men like Mississippi John Hurt, to a new era of singer-song writers such as Bob Dylan, Jim Croce, Joan Baez, and Phil Ochs. He grooved with the beat poets like Allen Ginsburg and Lord Buckley, and picked with players like Bill Monroe and Doc Watson. He learned something from everyone and developed his own style, becoming a distinctive, expressive voice in a crowded community of singer-songwriters and political-social commentators.

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Arlo Guthrie’s career exploded in 1967 with the release of “Alice’s Restaurant”, whose title song premiered at the Newport Folk Festival helped foster a new commitment among the ‘60s generation to social consciousness and activism. An artist of international stature, he has never had a ‘hit’ in the usual sense. He has usually preferred to walk to his own beat rather than march in step to the drum of popular culture. Over the last five decades Guthrie has toured throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia winning a wide, popular following. In addition to his accomplishments as a musician, playing the piano, six and twelve-string guitar, harmonica and a dozen other instruments, Arlo is a natural-born storyteller, whose tales and anecdotes figure prominently in his performances. Don’t miss this special solo performance!

To purchase tickets, call the Warner Box Office at 860-489-7180 or visit warnertheatre.org.