Arlo Guthrie Concert Report

Arlo Guthrie Delights Crowd of 1,100 and Raises $29,000 for 106.7 KPOV

Legendary folk singer and storyteller Arlo Guthrie delighted a crowd of over 1,100 fans April 3rd, spinning hilarious stories and playing his best known songs—including the timeless classic “Alice’s Restaurant.”

Guthrie brought his Solo Reunion Tour—Together At Last to the Bend High School auditorium in a special benefit concert for 106.7 KPOV.
The benefit netted over $29,000 for Bend Community Radio—thanks to over three dozen businesses, organizations and individuals who sponsored the concert, close to 50 KPOV volunteers who worked to make the concert a success, and the thousand-plus people who came out to see Arlo. People came from all across Central Oregon, from the Willamette Valley, Washington and Northern California, and from as far away as New Jersey and North Carolina.

Local musician David Bowers performed as people arrived at the auditorium, KPOV’s newly-elected Board President Mike Ficher welcomed the crowd and Arlo Guthrie kicked off his performance with “Chilling of the Evening.” The audience laughed and cheered as he told a hilarious story leading up to his famous “Motorcycle Song,” clapped appreciatively as he broke into “St. James Infirmary,” applauded his classic rendition of Steve Goodman’s “City of New Orleans,” and sang along with Arlo on his father Woody’s anthem, “This Land Is Your Land.”

KPOV thanks all the sponsors who provided financial and in-kind contributions to the Arlo Guthrie Benefit Concert: The Source, Bend Broadband, Suzanne Johannsen and Peter Geiser of Ameriprise Financial, Chapter 6 of the Oregon School Employees Association, Baptista Tile & Stone Gallery, Blizzard Kelly Enterprises, Central Oregon Jobs with Justice, D&D Bar & Grill, Deschutes Brewery, Great Harvest Bread Co., Green Appraisal Services Inc., Hendrix Brinich & Bertalan LLP, JR’s Body & Paint, Duane McCabe, lawyer, The Riverhouse, Saxon Jewelers, Slothower & Petersen P.C. Attorneys, Sound Advice, Ann Wheeler & Geoff Bartol, Yellowknife Wireless, Acadia Footwear, Action Typesetting & Printing, Athletic Club of Bend, Camalli Book Co., Jim & Judy Clinton, DKA Architecture & Design, P.C., Fields Farm, Green Energy Transportation & Tours, Kebaba, Nunzie Gould, Maverix Golf Tour, Nancy P’s Baking Co., Schilling Solar City Gardens, Strictly Organic Coffee Co., Windermere Central Oregon Real Estate, Celia Leber, and several anonymous sponsors.

We also want to thank David Bowers, Bend High School staff, Lillie Blakely of Holistic Massage Care, Central Oregon Resources for Independent Living, City of Bend Accessibility Division, Mulch Design, and Ranch Records.

Volunteers were absolutely crucial to the organization and success of this benefit. Thank you to Kris Arnold, Scott Aycock, Forest Berg, Shawn Blount, Ron Boozell, Jon Bouknight, Becky Brown, Alex Drude, Rhonda Ealy, Judy England, Mike Ficher, Steve Fisher, Michael Funke, Michael George, Jason Gifford, John Glass, Lisa Goetz-Bouknight, Ellen Golodner, Margie Gregory, Renee Heister, Verda Hinkle, Lewis Howell, Tom Jasper, Creig Jones, Joseph “J.J.” Jones, Rhoda Jones, Joe Katroscik, Diane Luckett, Joe Mazzerella, Darcy McNamara, Rick Miller, Jess Morga, Allison Murphy, Phil Paterno, Zack Perkins, Erica Reilly, Tristan Reisfar, Mike Riley, Kelly Roark, Carol & Ted Schoenborn, Joe Scurlock, Linda Shekerdemian, Bob Speik, Pearl Stark, Walker Stephens, Richard Steffenssen, Stacy Totland, Ned Ward, Travis Williams, Kathryn Wood, Bob Woodward, and Brett Yost.
Most of all, thank you to Arlo Guthrie, who contributed his talent and time to support Bend Community Radio; his crew and all the great folks at Rising Son Records.

And, of course, we thank all of our underwriters, the people who support the station all year long: Action Typesetting & Printing, BeBop Coffee House, BendTel, Brian Lieber of Pacific Residential Mortgage, Central Oregon Jobs with Justice, Deschutes Brewery, DKA Architecture, 4 Peaks Music Festival, Edge Wireless, I Love My WiFi, King of Sole, Mid Oregon Credit Union, Mulch Design, Nancy P’s Baking Co., Pave’ Jewelers, Pizza Mondo, Quality Builders Electric, SEIU Local 503 District 5, The Source, The Broadside, Unicom, Webformix, and Wild Birds Unlimited (2007 Underwriters).

All photos on this page by Bob Woodward. More information about Arlo Guthrie available at www.arlo.net.