5/12/2023 0 Comments Remembering alice book![]() ![]() I'm listening to my voice singing that thing and I'm going, `Who would have thunk?' It's scary.ĮLLIOTT: I guess you're a little more careful now where you throw your trash? ARLO GUTHRIE (Folk Singer/Songwriter): I can't believe it's 40 years later. Long after the Vietnam era, demand for "Alice's Restaurant" remains so strong that Arlo Guthrie has to serve it up every so often. On his debut album in 1967, it took Arlo Guthrie more than 18 minutes to explain in song how littering on Thanksgiving made him morally unfit to face the enemy in Vietnam. And you can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant.ĮLLIOTT: That's when 18-year-old Arlo Guthrie, son of folk legend Woody Guthrie, dumped that pile of trash which landed him in a heap of trouble. It's around the back just a half a mile from the railroad track. GUTHRIE: (Singing) You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant. Now it all started 40 years ago this Thanksgiving. ARLO GUTHRIE: (Singing) You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant. ![]()
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