Rising Sun Records, 2009: “Okay, so 40 years ago, August we were at Woodstock,” Arlo Guthrie recalls on his website. “Then that September, Jackie and I bought the farm (as ...

Arlo Guthrie is always, refreshingly, himself. Incapable of feeding you a line, phoning it in, packaging and selling himself. It’s why he’s such a joy to interview. His no-bull vibe, shaggy ...

In 1967’s “Alice’s Restaurant,” Guthrie chronicles the hilarious true story of how he was disqualified from the Vietnam War draft over the course of his recorded 18-minute monologue.