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Alice’s Restaurant Massacree: Arlo Guthrie

It just wouldn’t be a Coffee Thanksgiving without this song!

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15 Comments on “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree: Arlo Guthrie”

    • katry's avatar katry Says:

      November 27, 2014 at 8:21 am

      Gnu,
      I forgot how white his hair has gotten.

      This was quite interesting as his songs made me think he was still holding on to a bit of the 60’s instead of wanting it to fade away.

  5. flyboybob's avatar flyboybob Says:

    November 27, 2014 at 11:34 am

    For our generation it wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without Alice’s Resturant. Happy Turkey Day. Don’t eat too much turkey and fall asleep watching football.

    • katry's avatar katry Says:

      November 27, 2014 at 4:20 pm

      Bob,
      I couldn’t agree more about this song. I love to listen to the whole story and the Group W bench. That gives me a chuckle every time.

      I thought stuffing meant both me and the bird!

  6. oldfolkie's avatar oldfolkie Says:

    November 27, 2014 at 9:58 pm

    I remember reading this little story in Broadside Magazine before the album came out and falling in love with it. It was about the time I took my pre-induction physical in Chicago and I added a few things when I did the story at a folk festival at UW Whitewater. Later, Arlo’s album was released and I walked about with a bit of a smug look on my face for quite a while.
    Here’s a copy of the issue of Broadside that had the story:

    Click to access b081.pdf

    • katry's avatar katry Says:

      November 27, 2014 at 10:20 pm

      Thanks, oldfolkie, for the article link.

      I remember when Arlo’s album was released and a shortened version of the song was played. I always thought they did the song wrong by leaving out any part. It all went together so perfectly.

      Smug is sometimes good!


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