He offers a great selection of old and new, original and traditional songs that are as varied as his audiences. Arlo is a natural-born storyteller as well as an accomplished musician playing the piano, 6-string and 12-string guitars, and harmonica. He was attracting and surprising audiences all over the world with his unique folk style. By the age of 20 Arlo was touring overseas. Since his first public performance at the age of thirteen, Arlo became absorbed in the music that was shaping the world. Arlo grew up surrounded by renowned folk musicians: Pete Seeger, Leadbelly, Cisco Houston, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, and the Weavers. Arlo Guthrie was born July 10, 1947, in Brooklyn, New York the son of legendary folk artist Woody Guthrie and Marjorie Mazia Guthrie, a professional dancer with the Martha Graham Company and founder of the Committee to Combat Huntington's Disease.
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