At the bottom of the cliff was another pile of garbage. Since his father died in 1967, Arlo has served as the Guthrie family patriarch, “keeper of the flame,” as his website aptly states.Īnd of course, Guthrie is also the infamous litterbug who, one fateful Thanksgiving Day, dumped a pile of garbage off a 15-foot cliff. And within a very short span of time, everyone knew his name,” Guthrie, 73, says.īorn in Brooklyn in 1947, the oldest son of folk icon Woody Guthrie and professional dancer Marjorie Mazia Guthrie, Arlo grew up surrounded by folk legends - Pete Seeger, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, to name a few. “The next thing I knew, he was visiting my father in the hospital. “I was intrigued and invited him in,” said Guthrie.Īrlo sat down with the stranger and "swapped stories.” The two started playing harmonica together. The drifter wore “some weird work boots,” Arlo Guthrie recalls, and was looking for Arlo’s father. It was the babysitter who answered the door. Arlo Guthrie (Courtesy Eric Brown) This article is more than 2 years old.
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