tuck's music journal

I write about local music stuff in West Virginia and nearby Ohio. I post lots of information about the Greens and musical benefit events I organize for my non profit organization. Americana music focused.

Monday, November 28, 2005

Trekking to see Arlo Guthrie in Tiffin Ohio

We'll be making the trip to Tiffin Ohio in April 2006 to see Arlo Guthrie perform at the Ritz Theater. This is one of those over 100 year old theater's that a small northwest Ohio community re-vitalized a few years ago, and has been able to bring some variety of acts to. Tiffin Ohio is the home of the famous Tuck family "home movie" / precursor to music video, etc. Circa 1972-1973, Dave Tuck, fresh from a film class at Harvard commandeered (though it didn't take much persuading) several other family members (younger siblings and a guest cameo from the patriarch of the crew) into filming surreal sketches from Bob Dylan's Subterranean Homesick Blues at the downtown church and courthouse square. (We will be sure to visit the courthouse square and the church when we are there). We only got through about the first verse and a half. But there are excellent portrayals of some of Bob Dylan's finest images. "Maggie comes fleet foot, face full of black soot," etc. man in a trench coat ; man who's got a bad cough, thinkin about the government, etc. etc. etc.
When the junior Tuck family recreated The MOvie in downtown Parkersburg for the approximate 25 anniversary of the original filming- marty recreated the trench coat scene; beth gamely gave her best Mary Tuck role of Maggie coming fleet foot, etc. Our camera person was not quite as adept perhaps- but the coonskin cap was the EXACT SAME ONE from the original movie!!!!!!!!!
I am looking forward to Arlo's current sense of the world; recently hearing about his 40th anniversary "tour" of alice's restuarant; and now, this month- he's making a benefit trip following the route of the City of New Orleans down from illinois to New Orleans for flood relief. eagerly awaiting that adventure.

On another note: "fantasy lottery winning splurge" - I would love to see Jerry Jeff Walker and Todd Snider at BB King's Bar and Grill in NYC on March 10 and 11. First announcement I've seen of any shows for Todd for 2006.

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