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( 6The Daily Tar HeelMonday, September 12, 1988 Guthrie Ya know, this is a very weird night 'it .could go either way." He grinned from behind his curly, shoulder-length gray-blond hair and laughed his unique nervous laugh. Trie sold-out crowd at the ArtsCenter Thursday night agreed and they laughed and joked and occasionally saiig along with him. 'Arlo Guthrie likes to tell stories. ' Funny, irreverent and, yes, often truly stupid stories. He also likes to play the guitar and experiment with the buXfons on his piano-keyboard. Guthrie kicked off his "20th Anni versary of 'Alice's Restaurant Tour," by entertaining his audience for two hoots with his unique blend of music and. humor. . He began with his six-string guitar and; opened the show with "Pretty B6y Floyd, a tune written by his father, the legendary Woody Guthrie. IiUhe first set he also played the blues classic, "Key to the Highway and Elizabeth Cotton's "Freight Train. iThese songs still fit after 40 years, that's the sad thing, Guthrie said, "btitthey say this stuff so eloquently. He then sat down at the keyboard antfjshared the story of how he found It bring? out the best in all of u& r t : ! United Vftzy 3 J. : oe fftmll 1 t ' V iii i sis sM N U iN 14 968-3377 111 Rams Plaza offer expires f" "'""ii charms ArtsCenter c Cathy McHugh Concert out he's not just any nostalgic folksinger anymore. "Someone in the basement of a New York department store came up with this high-pitched ding sound they figured out it makes people buy stuff. I was in an elevator in a huge mall in Canada and I noticed they were playing whole songs with this one sound. Then, I heard this:" he played the first three bars of "Alice's Restaurant "and I suddenly realized I was somebody. Consciousness in shopping." Shaking his head, he looked around at the still laughing crowd and shrugged, "I know it's stupid, but that's why I'm here." Then he kicked into his hilariously irreverent, "Oh Mom" "you're just a throwback to the '60s generation", which more than a few audience members chimed in on. When the applause died, down, Guthrie had another story to tell. "Sometimes I could see greatsongs go by me and I'd be looking for a pen or a piece of paper and just lose it. I'd think, man, whoever gets that, it'll be a good song." Chuckling, he added, "A guy named Dylan got most of them!" Guthrie ended the first set with the childlike tune, "Garden Song," "inch by inch, row by row, gonna make this garden grow ' but he didn't make moimtlh 93088 Prpferencpt... ' '' f fiir joplMw Pq ItP lines Stiades A - I , j i i,.,i.j...i..,i,.,7p" j .y ' KTKfnscrrwts, i 1 1 j f t 1 1 t lit i tis,fri , tttectterifrXfJ - -r nn i -i r , u. .,111.1, Apple. th Appl logo. 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Then he opened the set with with a rocking "Motorcycle Song," " don 't want a pickle, I just want to ride on my motorcycle." "Truly a brilliant piece of work here, I know this song is stupid. I love America." "Switching to his 12-string he played the drug-induced "Coming Into Los Angeles," which he played at Wood stock. " 'Don't touch my bags, if you please, Mr. Customs man ' maybe this song doesn't apply so much to the 80s, but I think the instinct to escape is always entirely correct." He followed that with an eerily Dylan-like rendition of "Tambourine Man." Next he headed back to the piano. He proceeded to launch into the humorous "Phone Song," but once again," stopped in the middle of a verse: "This is Bob Dylan's favorite song of mine he called to tell me." Next, Guthrie performed what is UWDMSBBSDW : PILD S?ylOT ?AIIL FFIKSEDSS Qualifications: 1. Must be enrolled UNC student 2. Must be able to work minimum of 8 hoursweek 3. Must be available for evening work. APPLY AT (MORRISON UPPER LOT) i w mium in p jZZm-t imw I rowd probably his biggest hit, "City of New Orleans." Then it was back to the six-string for "This Land is Your Land," complete with the verses that were censored out ofv children's schoolbooks. For his final song, Guthrie proved his versatility by playing both the harmonica and the keyboard for an incredibly moving rendition of "Amazing Grace." Guthrie does this song at every concert, and he explained why! "John Newman, the author of this song, was the captain of a slave ship. He was headed to America aboard a ship with thousands of people chained to. each other when he decided it was the wrong thing to be doing and he turned around. Any-, body not afraid to turn around and do something right is a friend of mine," A standing ovation prompted Guthrie to return for his encore amid the inevitable cries for "Alice's Restaurant," which he didnt play. "Imagine singing about the same half hour of your hTe every night? Not me." ; : Instead he sang two shorter and gentler tunes including a tender rendition of Elvis Presley's "Falling in Love, with You." It was a weird night. But if you missed it, don't worry, because hell be back March 24 and 25 to close the tour at the ArtsCenter. Maybe then that song about Alice will come around on the guitar one more time. J. i... " -mimr & f uriTin unrftrr i Arlo Guthrie performs at the i J a1 iff i 'i - A - ' ' 489-8720 ob- 489-2348 2634 Chapel Hill Blvd. Now that a new school year is under way, we have an idea that'll make both you and your parents feel a bit more confident come finals time: Get a Macintosh8 computer to help with your homework. Then you'll never have to spend another all-nighter retyping a paper just to in . . ' 1 Nr -.- DTHTony Mansfield ArtsCenter in Carrboro Thursday purge a few typos and dangling modifiers. You'll be able to crank out assign- pi ments that look as though :M :-, you bribed a friend in art ii school. 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