Arlo's Christmas Train to New Orleans, 2005

Subject: Arlo's ChristmasTrain to New Orleans
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 18 Sep 05 - 12:56 AM

No, Arlo didn't send this note to me. I copied it from another site where it had been posted by a performer to whom I assume Alrlo had sent it.


Note From Arlo

When I think of New Orleans, I think of music. I also think of food,
but that's another story. 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.

I am determined to help restore all of those little places and bring
the music back as soon as possible. I am contacting Amtrak to help us
take the train "The City of New Orleans" from Chicago all the way down
to New Orleans. We'll take two weeks beginning in early December and
stop along the way at depots or high schools or performance centers of
all shapes and sizes. And we'll contact the manufacturers of the very
stuff we're talking about and arrange to bring a Christmas present to
all the small venues within the city - we'll purchase the gear as
close to cost as we can, many will undoubtedly make substantial
contributions.

Will you help me bring the music back? Working together with our
friends in manufacturing, retail, transportation, the venues, the
promoters, the press, the agents and managers and the artists - we can
help deliver the stuff that helps make New Orleans sing it's own
uniquely American song. I'm going anyway - with or without waiting to
see who's onboard. Join us on the train, at the depot, from your office or home,
but join us.

For info call my office: Rising Son Records, 10741 US Highway 1,
Sebastian, FL 32958. [phone] or eMail [e-mail]

Love as always,
Arlo Guthrie


The schedule of stops for the train, per Arlo's website, is:


12-05-2005   Chicago , IL
12-07-2005   Kankakee , IL
12-09-2005   Champagne , IL
12-11-2005   Effingham , IL
12-12-2005   Carbondale , IL
12-13-2005   Memphis , TN
12-14-2005   Yazoo City , MS
12-15-2005   Jackson , MS
12-16-2005   Hammond , LA
12-17-2005   New Orleans , LA

Subject: RE: Arlo's ChristmasTrain to New Orleans
From: katlaughing
Date: 18 Sep 05 - 03:19 AM

That is kewl! GOOD for him!

Subject: RE: Arlo's ChristmasTrain to New Orleans
From: Joe Offer
Date: 18 Sep 05 - 03:29 AM

You can find out a bit at Rising Son Records. I thought there would be information at http://www.arlo.net/, but I don't see it. If I recall correctly, Arlo has taken groups on riverboat cruises to New Orleans several times.

-Joe Offer-