Mar 18, 2010 St. Augustine, FL - In a bizarre incident folksinger, Arlo Guthrie his family and crew found themselves face to face with almost certain ... lunch. The tour stopped at the world famous "Alligator Farm" traveling through St. Augustine. Mr. Guthrie had previously visited the historic site three decades ago and received an honorary 'lifetime pass' for himself and family. But, that was when the Guthries were still a young family, two adults and four children. This time they numbered about twenty.

Fearing that the family would thereafter return in even greater numbers, like the white herons that come back every year in ever increasing numbers, Alligator Farm officials decided on a plan to terminate the pass while appearing to faithfully honor it. They invited Guthrie (his pass in his pocket) into the alligator enclosure. As the hungry alligators began lurching from the water heading for the folksinger, family members witnessed the most amazing thing.

The folksinger took out a harmonica and began playing songs about luggage. The gators were apparently smart enough to get the message and stopped their advance. In the end Guthrie made friends with several of the reptiles. 'Fluffy' who had just moments before headed the charge now became docile enough for the folksinger to saddle up and ride around the enclosure, this time playing songs about cattle, which the gators apparently enjoyed.

Sitting backstage (actually outside) at Carnegie Hall in New York. Getting ready for our 40th series of shows here, or something like that. For the first 30 years Pete Seeger and I took over the hall, Friday & Saturday after Thanksgiving. Since then with a few exceptions it's just the Saturday. It's been a tradition in our family and for the friends and families of the folks coming to the shows. This year is really all about family. My four kids, and their 7 kids are all on stage (hopefully), as we've been doing a tour together since October 2009. Great to hear the old songs, and especially good to hear the new ones coming from the family.

I've just recently figured out (again) how to use this space on the website, so I may come back and keep posting here if there's something worth saying. For the moment, we have a few things more to do before the tour takes a break for the holidays. I'm ready for the few things and the holidays. So, that's about it - Wishing all our friends the best of the holidays in whatever ways we celebrate and whatever traditions we follow, it's good to have them, and it's good to have friends to share them with.

Love To All
Arlo Guthrie

Join us for our celebration of our new release today in our unofficial Myspace party!

We are looking for your grooviest, most far out outfit from 1969.

All you need to do is upload your photo to Myspace and tag us, so people can vote on what they think is the best outfit. The person with the most votes will receive a poster and Tye-dye T-shirt in their size.

The deadline for photo submissions and voting is August 25th, 2009

We'll be sending good vibes to all the cats out there.....

And remember to vote!!! (In the comment section of the photo in question of course)

Tickets are now on sale for Arlo Guthrie's May shows at the Guthrie Center. Show dates are May 22, 23, 24 and 25. Call the Guthrie Center at 413-528-1955 and reserve yours today.