Hi everyone,
I am new to this forum. I didn't see anyone else posting on the Chicago shows so I just wanted to say how much my husband and I enjoyed the Sunday night show. Saralee and Johnny opened the show and they were a WOW. First time I had heard them. Then, seeing Arlo in such an intimate and acoustically great venue (The Old Town School of Folk Music) was a dream come true. I have been an Arlo fan since my teens but have only seen him live twice, and never in such a small of setting. The sound was unbelievable! It was great to hear him perform my all-time favorite, "darkest hour" and see the whole family rocking on "Coming into Los Angeles." Thanks Arlo, for your music and your spirit. Seeing you again was definitely inspiring!

Welcome to arlo.net Dawnann and thanks for the nice report. I agree with everything you said except my favorite song was "Sing Me Back Home". Here's a setlist:

Sarah Lee and Johnny opened:
Georgia Pine
Mixed Blessings
-driving story-
49 & 49
Exploration
-Woody archives/risky-risque/no shirts story-
No Church Tonight

Arlo, Abe and Gordon come out:
Chilling of the Evening
-merchant marine/Newark, NJ bar jukebox story-
Oklahoma Hills
-song stealing/folk process/castle hanging story-
Gypsy Davy
-Cisco Houston/Arlo's first public performance at Gerdes Folk
City/playing for kids stories-
St. James Infirmary
-writing songs in sleep story-
In My Darkest Hour
Sing Me Back Home (with great keyboard and pedal steel solos by Abe
and Gordon)
-doesn't play well with others/cowboy songs/Derrol and Ramblin' Jack in
Europe/Joan Baez/Derrol tribute/get Dolly stories-
Portland Town
-Byrds of Paradise/look for the one that's freezing story-
Haleiwa Blues
-flying from place to place in Australia/technology/sniffing
luggage/man on runway smelling planes stories-
Coming Into Los Angeles
**Intermission**
Green Green Rocky Road
When a Soldier Makes It Home
Slow Boat
-listening to Woody's old records/Dave Van Ronk story-
St Louis Tickle
-Bob Dylan looking for Woody/Tuscon story
When The Ship Comes In
-Gerald Ford/Lexington-Concord/Jennifer Warnes story-
Patriots Dream
City of New Orleans
-Steve Goodman tribute concert story-
Back By Popular Demand
-Portland,OR bar/Janis Joplin story-
Me and Bobby McGee
My Old Friend
This Land
-(interrupts song)-thinking of things during songs/Ronald
Reagan/presidents sleeping together/mother going to China/Woody
biography/Steinbeck letter/world that sucks stories-
rest of song
**Encore**
-forgetting songs/feeling good story-
Highway in the Wind
Black Mountain Rag (Arlo on 12 string) w/unique guitar solo by Sarah Lee

thanks for the setlist! I also really enjoyed "My Old Friend," which he described as "brand new."
Next time I will bring my kids to his kids show (I assume he was kidding when he said he hated it ).I'm sure that was tons of fun too.