Arlo

[ScottM]

From another thread in the maintenance forum but I did not want to thread jack my own thread

Thanks for picking up the reference. Enjoy the reception, it sounds like it should be fun.

It was a blast. I saw him a few months ago and he was solo. He played a lot of old stuff and that was great. This concert he had his son Abe there and a band. He also had the Burns Sisters singing back up and I like their music a lot too and was really surprised to see them. He played several new songs of which this one
An homage to the old days of protest songs but with some humor in it. BTW he recorded this video just a week before me seeing him perform it here.

 

[mikea]

"I'm changing my name to Chrysler" is from Tom Paxton.

 

[ScottM]

"I'm changing my name to Chrysler" is from Tom Dundee.

Tom Paxton actually

But kudos for recognizing the root of that song.

 

[ScottM]

Here is Arlo performing the original during the 80's and the Chrysler bail out

 

[ScottM]

BTW his wife (Arlo's) is putting up on you tube all kinds of videos of him and the family performing. I just ran into him on his cousin Hoyt Axton's TV show performing the PBJ song.

 

[etsisk]

Man, I miss those guys - Tom Paxton was a hoot!

 

[mikea]

Tom Paxton actually

But kudos for recognizing the root of that song.

Corrected. I swore it was Tom Lehrer until I checked it earlier.

 

[dparter]

Man, I miss those guys - Tom Paxton was a hoot!

Tom performed in Madison a few weeks ago. He also did a Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac version.

--david

 

[kevin47881]

Sounds like it was a great time!

 

[SCCutler]

Question:

The U. S. Government's bail-out of Chrysler in the 80s cost the taxpayers $______________ (fill in the blank).

 

[ScottM]

Question:

The U. S. Government's bail-out of Chrysler in the 80s cost the taxpayers $______________ (fill in the blank).

Answer: Take it to the spin zone please. We are talking music here.

 

[kevin47881]

Question:

The U. S. Government's bail-out of Chrysler in the 80s cost the taxpayers $______________ (fill in the blank).

About $1.25B

 

[mikea]

About $1.25B

The government made a huge profit on Chrysler, that Iaococa wanted the government to NOT take.

 

[SCCutler]

The government made a huge profit on Chrysler, that Iaococa wanted the government to NOT take.

Right-o.

And the gummint darned well should have done.

That's not spin, it's history.

 

[jesse]

I can hardly understand the guy....

 

[ScottM]

I can hardly understand the guy....

Arlo or Spike?

 

[SCCutler]

**yes**