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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Lobero LIVE Presents Arlo Guthrie FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Angie Bertucci | 805.679.6010 | [email protected] Tickets: Lobero Box Office | 805.963.0761 | Lobero.org Lobero LIVE presents Arlo Guthrie, Running Down The Road Tour Tuesday, April 11 at 8 PM at the Lobero Theatre • Arlo Guthrie is a prolific songwriter, social commentator, master storyteller, actor & activist • The Running Down The Road Tour reunites country band Shenandoah to fully present Arlo’s best works from this colorful period in time Santa Barbara, CA, March 21, 2017 – Lobero LIVE welcomes legendary folk icon Arlo Guthrie back to the Lobero Theatre on April 11 at 8 PM. Since the late sixties, folk icon Arlo Guthrie has spent his life in a state of perpetual tourdom… on trains, planes, buses and motorcycles. Following the sold-out Alice’s Restaurant 50th Anniversary Tour, Arlo Guthrie hits the road once again. With Running Down The Road, Arlo celebrates his life in motion, promising to be a flashback inducing, mind-expanding adventure presenting the best of Guthrie’s material from 1969 forward. Hop on his bus and take a ride through the continuing American Revolution, flying past the 60’s counter-culture and “running down the road” to a more perfect union. The Running Down The Road Tour reunites the seminal country band and frequent Arlo Guthrie backing band, Shenandoah, to fully present Arlo’s best works from this colorful period in time. It was 1975 when Shenandoah joined Arlo Guthrie for the first of many performances together over the years. The band lineup changed until Shenandoah eventually disbanded in 1987. Arlo Guthrie has been known to generations as a prolific songwriter, social commentator, master storyteller, actor and activist. Born in Coney Island, New York in 1947, Arlo is the eldest son of Marjorie Mazia Guthrie, a professional dancer with the Martha Graham Company and founder of The Committee to Combat Huntington’s Disease, and America’s most beloved singer/writer/ philosopher/artist Woody Guthrie. Arlo has become an iconic figure in folk music in his own right with a distinguished and varied career spanning over fifty years. Tickets for Arlo Guthrie are on sale now at Lobero.org, or by calling the Lobero Box Office at 805.963.0761. Section A tickets are $64 and section B are $54 with a limited number of VIP tickets available for $105. VIP tickets include entrance to VIP reception before the concert, premier seating and listing in the event program. All prices include facility fee. Complete calendar listings can be found at Lobero.org. 1 Lobero LIVE presents Arlo Guthrie: Running Down The Road on April 11. Tickets at Lobero.org Next Up from Lobero LIVE: An Evening with Crystal Bowersox Friday, April 28 at 8 PM Crystal's emotive folk-rock-country style has been catapulted from the cramped coffeehouses and cavernous subway tunnels of Chicago to millions of homes across America when she became a finalist in Season 9 of “American Idol.” https://www.lobero.org/events/evening-crystal-bowersox/ The Capitol Steps Monday, May 8 at 8 PM Get ready for hilarious political comedy from the troupe that put the “mock” in “democracy.” No one in the headlines is safe from the side-splitting satire of the Capitol Steps, the only group in Washington attempting to be funnier than Congress. https://www.lobero.org/events/the-capitol-steps/ # # # Lobero LIVE is funded in part by the Events and Festivals Program using funds provided by the City of Santa Barbara in partnership with the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission. Additional sponsorship is provided by the Santa Barbara Independent and KCSB 91.9 FM. Calendar Editors, please note: Tuesday, April 11 at 8 p.m. Lobero Theatre Lobero LIVE presents Arlo Guthrie: Running Down The Road The Running Down The Road Tour promises to be a flashback inducing, mind-expanding adventure, presenting the best of Guthrie’s material from 1969 forward. Hop on his bus and take a ride through the continuing American Revolution, flying past the 60’s counter-culture and “running down the road” to a more perfect union. https://www.lobero.org/events/arlo-guthrie-running-down-the-road-tour/ Tickets: $105 VIP / $64 sec A / $54 sec B. VIP Tickets include entry to private reception, premier seating, and name mentioned in program. Prices include facility fee. Lobero Box Office: www.Lobero.org, 805.963.0761, 33 East Canon Perdido Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Lobero LIVE presents Arlo Guthrie: Running Down The Road on April 11. Tickets at Lobero.org 2 .
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