Arlo Guthrie Running Down The Road Rarlab

Released1969,Length34: 25,chronology(1968)Running Down the Road(1969)(1970)Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingA(favourable)Running Down the Road is the second studio by singer. Guthrie's version of the traditional folk tune ' was featured in the film.

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The cover shows the artist upon a motorcycle which is also pictured in the album's 'gate'.Track listing All tracks composed by Arlo Guthrie; except where noted.

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Although this album's 'Coming in to Los Angeles' crossed over and into the rock underground, especially via its performance at Woodstock, most of his third record is actually far more laid-back country-rock. Very much a production of its time, in a slightly negative sense, features employing the cream of L.A.' S top country-rock players as session men:, and Chris Etheridge. The tone is good-natured and easygoing - too good-natured and easygoing sometimes, in fact, as on the unexciting cover of 'Stealin'.' Acknowledges his folk roots with covers of tunes by his father ('Oklahoma Hills'), ('Living in the Country'),. These are surrounded by originals that follow the Dylan 'back to basics' mold of the late '60s, both in musical and lyrical concerns ('My Front Pages' might even be taken as a gentle Dylan satire).

As such, much of the record is inoffensive but inconsequential, although the drug smuggling ode 'Coming into Los Angeles' adds a touch of much-needed urgency. The title track is entirely uncharacteristic of the album, with its harsh blasts of distorted psychedelic guitar and tough, walking-blues stance - for these reasons, it's a standout.