May 10, 2018
About This Episode
Arlo Guthrie is known across
generations as a songwriter, social commentator, master
storyteller, actor, and activist. The son of America’s beloved
singer/writer/ philosopher/artist Woody Guthrie, Arlo is an iconic
folk music figure in his own right with a distinguished career
spanning over fifty years. He is known for the songs “The Alice’s
Restaurant Massacree,” and “The City of New Orleans.”
This episode also features Larry
Long from his 2015 appearance at the tent, and the song "Dark
Holler" from Big Top's own Blue Canvas Orchestra.
About Michael Perry
Michael Perry is a New York Times
bestselling author, humorist and radio show host from New Auburn,
Wisconsin.
Perry’s bestselling memoirs include
Population 485, Truck: A Love Story, Coop, and Visiting Tom, and
his latest, Montaigne in Barn Boots: An Amateur Ambles Through
Philosophy. His first book for young readers, The Scavengers, was
published in 2014 and first novel for adult readers, The Jesus Cow,
was published in May of 2015.
Raised on a small Midwestern dairy
farm, Perry put himself through nursing school while working on a
ranch in Wyoming, then wandered into writing. He lives with his
wife and two daughters in rural Wisconsin, where he serves on the
local volunteer fire and rescue service and is an intermittent pig
farmer. He hosts the nationally-syndicated “Tent Show Radio,”
performs widely as a humorist, and tours with his band the Long
Beds (currently recording their third album for Amble Down
Records). He has recorded three live humor albums including Never
Stand Behind A Sneezing Cow and The Clodhopper Monologues.
Learn more about Michael and where
to get his publications at www.sneezingcow.com.
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