Christmas on THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS with Arlo Guthrie & Friends

[MaineDem]

Bringing Back the Music - Benefiting Victims of Katrina

Arlo Guthrie and friends will travel from Chicago, IL to New Orleans, LA on Amtrak’s “The City of New Orleans,” performing at train stations and venues along the way to benefit the small venues destroyed by Katrina. They plan to depart Chicago on Dec. 5 and arrive in or near New Orleans on Dec. 17.

Focusing on small clubs and venues, Arlo and friends will collect and deliver pro music related gear (sound boards, cables, lighting, staging, etc.) to the City of New Orleans and throughout the disaster areas from Hurricane Katrina, to help them get up and operating as quickly as possible. So far everyone in the music community and elsewhere that has heard about it has been very supportive. Artists and locations for benefit shows along the track will be announced early October.

Note From Arlo:

When I think of New Orleans, I think of music. The City of New Orleans is America's first music city. New Orleans is the city that truly began America's contribution to the history of music world-wide. Without it, there'd be no popular music as we know it today.

When I wonder what they might need in New Orleans to get back on their feet, the stuff that gets ruined under water, I think of all the sound boards, the cables, the lighting, the microphones, the instruments; I think of the stuff you need in the hundreds of little clubs and bars that bring the music to the street - the street that brings the people to the city. And I think of the many thousands of people who depend on those people for their livelihoods.

http://www.folkalley.com/news/folknews/archives/000550.php

[TallahasseeGrannie]

1. Great link.. Thanks. n/t

[Wilms]

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[seemslikeadream]

3. WHEN A SOLDIER MAKES IT HOME

WHEN A SOLDIER MAKES IT HOME

Halfway around the world tonight
In a strange and foreign land
A soldier packs his memories
As he leaves Afghanistan
And back home they don't know too much
There's just no way to tell
I guess you had to be there
For to know that war was hell

And there won't be any victory parades
For those that's coming back
They'll fly them in at midnight
And unload the body sacks
And the living will be walking down
A long and lonely road
Because nobody seems to care these days
When a soldier makes it home

They'll say it wasn't easy
Just another job well done
As the government in Kabul falls
To the sounds of rebel guns
And the faces of the comrades
Being blown out of the sky
Leaves you bitter with the feeling
That they didn't have to die

Halfway around the world tonight
In a strange and foreign land
A soldier unpacks memories
That he saved from Vietnam
Back home they didn't know too much
There was just no way to tell
I guess you had to be there
For to know that war was hell

And there wasn't any big parades
For those that made it back
They flew them in at midnight
And unloaded all the sacks
And the living were left walking down
A long and lonely road
Because nobody seemed to care back then
When a soldier made it home

The night is coming quickly
And the stars are on their way
As I stare into the evening
Looking for the words to say
That I saw the lonely soldier
Just a boy that's far from home
And I saw that I was just like him
While upon this earth I roam

And there may not be any big parades
If I ever make it back
As I come home under cover
Through a world that can't keep track
Of the heroes who have fallen
Let alone the ones who won't
Which is why nobody seems to care
When a soldier makes it home

-Arlo Guthrie

[HeeBGBz]

4. Here's the schedule so far

http://www.arlo.net/resources/schedule/

I may try to make the Memphis show.