WQED has been playing the American Roots series, and I've been missing it. But I did find this great quote from the Arlo Guthrie interview:
Why do so many artists as well as listeners point to your father as an icon of American music?Posted by mastr at May 20, 2003 11:56 AMHe really made the personal decision that it was better to fail at being himself than succeed at being someone else. That combined with the ability to write and sing about who he thought he was and who he thought everybody else was.