As we roll in to a very nice looking white church we get our axes very quickly and we walk in the main door to sign up. For those who do not know what the Guthrie Center is it is place Arlo Guthrie bought a few years ago. If you see the film Alice’s Restaurant which is sparely director by Arthur Penn, you can see the church in the film. It’s a great film to see and captures the time back then. So, the Guthrie Center is a concert place and county center. The walls in the foyer are covered with older posters of Arlo and many other artists who have played at the center. There is coffee or tea or sodas to drink and a great looking kitchen. That’s the one place I really love about this place, the kitchen. Nicely lay out in a very long narrow section of the church with everything one might need in a commercial kitchen. George runs the place and right away makes you feel right at home. We give him a few of our Feel Good Tour info and he lays it on the table so others that come by might pick one up.
This is an open mike so other musicians are there to play their 3 tunes. A lot of Guitars and a few banjos and some songwriters that is very good. One was Bill Buttner www.myspace.com/billbuttner and he had a very cool tune called, You Don’t know Nothin’ About Me, damn good tune.
As the time rolls around and it goes ever so quickly, Al and I do a set we hand out some info and it’s time to hit the road because we have a early radio interview to do the next day. We thank George again and told him we will be back if we are in the area again and off we go into the night.
Still Pickin’
Bill Hudson
Al Coffey
Greg Greenstein
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