Arlo Guthrie - Running Down The Road

Title: Arlo Guthrie - Running Down The Road
Year/Genre: 1969, Folk Rock, Country Rock, 10/26
Matrix #: RS6346
Condition: EX (LM) | Cover: VG+ | Members: Arlo G (47' - ) | Producer: Lenny Waronker, Van Dyke Parks
Cultural Facts:

1. "The New York State Thruway's Closed, Man": At Woodstock in 1969, Arlo sang this album's "Coming Into Los Angeles" and told the crowd the Thruway was closed. It became a famous Woodstock line, though police had only shut exits to ease an eight-hour traffic jam.
2. His Mother Took On His Father's Disease: Arlo's mother, Marjorie Mazia, was a principal dancer with Martha Graham. After Woody died of Huntington's disease in 1967, she ran an ad to find other families and founded what became the Huntington's Disease Society of America.
3. He Bought Alice's Church: The old church where Alice Brock lived, and where the "Alice's Restaurant" garbage saga began, came up for sale. In 1991 Arlo bought it and made it the Guthrie Center.