<p>And as footnote to nothing since I’m reliving the past in another thread, my wife and I had a large dose of the 60s and 70s last week. Arlo Guthrie was in town. He is a truly funny guy with great stories. He did a mostly original version of Alice’s Restaurant. He had this great quote that I texted to my son. Looking back over his life he said that it turned out that:" I’m not the threat I hoped to be." Arlo is on a nationwide concert tour. Just him. No band.</p>
<p>Then on Saturday night we went to see the Pete Seegar documentary, which was really great. A very interesting, but I’m sure difficult person to live with. There was one clip from Wolftrap in NoVA with him and Arlo. My wife and I thought we were actually at that concert. We also saw him in NYC when he brought his sloop, Clearwater, to the Fulton Fish Market area to give a concert and hold a pumpkin festival. This was back in early 70s.</p>
<p>At the end of the film, now remember we’re in Madison, some late middle aged guy yells out: “Bring back the 60s.” I commented to my wife: “If he can remember the 60s, he wasn’t there.” I admit to stealing this quote from someone else.</p>
<p>My H and I saw Arlo several years ago strolling down the Ocean City, NJ boardwalk. He was in town that day to do a show at the Municipal Pier in OC that night. We stopped him, introduced ourselves and told him how much we appreciated his music. He was very nice to us and thanked us, then went on his way. Nice guy; definately an aging hippie!</p>
<p>My wife and I once stood next to Joan Baez in a line to see a movie in Palo Alto, in 1981 or thereabouts. We were pretty thrilled. By that point, she was extremely un-hippiesh: stylish suit, stylish, short haircut, tasteful gold earrings.</p>
<p>Related close encounters with 60s icons by relatives: One cousin bought his house in Santa Monica from Tom Hayden (the erstwhile Mr. Joan Baez, briefly). Another cousin lived for three years on the property immediately behind (and abutting) Bob Dylan’s house in Malibu. He took me down to see Dylan’s unsightly (and illegal) junk pile just across the property line (and electrified security fence).</p>
<p>I was at that Wolftrap concert, too, tsdad! And when I lived in Westchester County, NY, I volunteered with the Great Hudson River Revival (a.k.a. Clearwater Festival) for several years. As might be expected, Pete Seeger was a regular fixture, and I did get to hug him several times. A friend of mine plays with the Sloop Singers.</p>
<p>Speaking of Seeger documentaries, have you seen the early-'80s documentary on the Weavers, “Wasn’t That a Time” ? It, and the album of the concert tour which it documented, still haunt me years later. (Now I’m going to have to run and dig out that vinyl which I know I have somewhere…)</p>