Artists: Biography Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion  

Careful observers will notice that Sarah Lee Guthrie's first recorded appearance was as a toddler vocalist on dad Arlo Guthrie's 1981 album Power of Love. As an adolescent, she would also sing with Arlo on the Grammy-nominated children's

album, Woody's 20 Grow Big Songs. (Her grandfather is Woody Guthrie.) In high school, however, she was more prone to listening to punk albums than thinking about a career as a folk singer. However, she spent the years directly after high school on the road with Arlo, initially as road manager and then as part of the band. Her live concert debut was with family and friends at Carnegie Hall.

In 1997, she met her future husband, Johnny Irion, once a member of North Carolina alterna-rockers Queen Sarah Saturday (as well as once a touring member of Dillon Fence). In 1999, she teamed with Irion and Tao Rodriguez-Seeger to form the folk trio RIG (Rodriguez, Irion and Guthrie). In 2001, besides releasing respective solo albums, Guthrie and Irion toured extensively as a duo. Together, they released the album Exploration, produced by Gary Louris of the Jayhawks, in 2005.