Arlo

I doubt anyone walks away from an Arlo Guthrie concert disappointed. He's too entertaining a storyteller, and many of his punch lines are masterfully timed. And then there's the music. Tonight, I saw him at the Boulder theater and in addition to his own stuff (to borrow a favorite Guthrie word), he ranged from Leadbelly to Steve Goodman to Woody Guthrie, of course. All stirring renditions. Some great quips: About half way through the concert, he looks out at the Boulder crowd and says, "There's a lot of weird people here. And they're all disguised as normal." Referencing the cumulative toll of a 40-year career and lifestyle (with a hilarious anecdote about his gig at Woodstock, when he was 19), "People pay a lot money now to feel the way I do for free." There was a wistfulness that bubbled to the surface of many of his monologues. Implicit was ...