The Second Most Famous Thanksgiving

     The original recording lasted 18 minutes and 34 seconds, occupying the entire A-side of Guthrie's  1967 record album, also titled Alice's Restaurant. It is notable as a satirical, first-person account of 1960s counterculture, in addition to being a hit song in its own right.

     Guthrie later wrote a follow-up recounting how he learned that Richard Nixon had owned a copy of the song, and he jokingly suggested that this explained the famous 18½ minute gap in the Watergate tapes. Guthrie rerecorded his entire debut album for his 1997 CD Alice's Restaurant also known as Alice's Restaurant (The Massacree Revisited), on the Rising Son label, which includes this expanded version.
     Since it is Thanksgiving today, CBS Morning Show had a great piece on Arlo and Alice's Restaurant this morning.  CLICK ON THIS LINK TO CHECK IT OUT!