Arlo Guthrie

Country Singer

Birthday July 10, 1947

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Coney Island, NY

Age 76 years old

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About

Son of Woody Guthrie who sang "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" in 1966. His song "Massachusetts" was so well-received in his home state that it became the state song.

Before Fame

He received musical instruction from his Bar Mitzvah rabbi. He enrolled at Rocky Mountain College in 1965 but did not graduate.

Trivia

He is a registered Republican but many of his folk songs express anti-war, pro-drugs, anti-Nixon, and other sentiments considered liberal.

Family Life

He married Jackie Guthrie on October 9, 1969 and they had four children together before Jackie passed away in 2012.

Associated With

He has performed with Emmylou Harris.