I came upon someone who had never heard of this song, and thought there might be other lost souls who have not heard Alices Restaurant Massacree, perhaps offering the quintessential holiday advice--Dont go to the dump on Thanksgiving! I know he says in the begining of the song that the song is called Alices Restaurant. This is not so. It is called Alices Restaurant Massacree! The Alice in the song was restaurant-owner Alice M. Brock, who in 1964 used $2,000 supplied by her mother to purchase a deconsecrated church in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, where Alice and her husband Ray would live. It was here rather than at the restaurant—which came later—where the songs Thanksgiving dinners were actually held. The song lasts 18 minutes and 34 seconds, occupying the entire A-side of Guthries 1967 debut record album, also titled Alices Restaurant. It is notable as a satirical, first-person account of 1960s counterculture, in addition to being a hit song in its own right. Happy Thanksgiving everyone, pull up an easy chair and a cup of hot chocolate and experience the event that is Alices Restaraunt Masacree.
Posted on: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 08:24:58 +0000
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