Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion
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| Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion | ||
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 Irion & Guthrie at the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival, Okemah, OK.
July 15, 2005 |
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| Background information | ||
| Origin | South Carolina, U.S.A. | |
| Genre(s) | folk, country-rock, singer-songwriter | |
| Years active | 2000—present | |
| Label(s) | New West | |
| Associated acts |
Arlo Guthrie Woody Guthrie Ray LaMontagne Gary Louris The Mammals Pete Seeger |
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| Website | sarahleeandjohnny.com | |
| Members | ||
| Sarah Lee Guthrie Johnny Irion |
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Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion began performing together as an acoustic duo in the fall of 2000. Joining his love of rock and blues with her roots of folk and country, they have developed an original sound graced with entertaining stories and the traditional songs their music echoes. Sarah Lee is the youngest daughter of world-renowned folksinger Arlo Guthrie and the granddaughter of the legendary Woody Guthrie. She has embraced the music and lifestyle of her roots, hanging on to the traditional stories and poetry of her past, while defining her own unique elegance in the spotlight. As a third generation singer/songwriter Guthrie released her first self-titled album on the family owned and operated Rising Son Records in 2002.
Guthrie was a latecomer to music. As a child she was involved in theater and dance. Her interest in music was sparked when she worked as her father's road manager on the 1997 Further Festival tour and saw other members of the tour group having fun at late-night hootenannies. She picked up an acoustic guitar and started playing as a way to join in on the fun. "I always wrote poems, so it wasn't that far off for me to turn that into songs." [1]
Irion originates from a family of artists, and met Guthrie through a mutual friend (Chris Robinson of the Black Crowes) while the two were working together in Los Angeles. In 1999 Guthrie and Irion joined guitarist Tao Rodriguez-Seeger, grandson of Pete Seeger, and performed as a trio under the name RIG.[2]
Guthrie and Irion have appeared at the Newport Folk Festival, the Philadelphia Folk Festival, as well as nationwide theatres, listening rooms, performing art centers, and schools. When not performing their own shows they tour nationally with Arlo Guthrie, opening the show, then joining him onstage in their family concert series, recently accompanying him at Carnegie Hall with Pete Seeger and The Dillards.[3]
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion
[edit] Sarah Lee Guthrie (solo)
- Sarah Lee Guthrie (2002, Rising Son)
[edit] Johnny Irion
- Weave (1994, Thirsty Ear) — with Queen Sarah Saturday
- Unity Lodge (2001, Rising Son) — solo album
[edit] External Links
[edit] References
- ^ Nelligan, Tom. Three generations of Guthries: an American musical family. Dirty Linen, June/July 2002, p. 36-43.
- ^ Nelligan, 2002.
- ^ Alive with the Arts Retrieved March 7, 2007.
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