I remember well the first time I heard it on a progressive rock station in St. Louis. Still fun all these years later, but I always seem to forget to listen on Thanksgiving Day. Lived in Boston for a couple of years in the mid-eighties, and spent some time out in the Berkshires, including Stockbridge. Fun to gain a feel for the area that colored the song.
"...twenty seven eight-by-ten colour glossy Pictures with the circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each..."
I actually used this quote in a post here a couple years back.
-------------------------- Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. -- H L Mencken
I always prefer reality when I can figure out what it is. -- JALLEN 10/18/18
Posts: 9408 | Location: Illinois farm country | Registered: November 15, 2008
I usually listen to Alice's and other folk songs on the drive to my parents' house for T-day. Our own Sigmonkey, IIRC, was on the Group W bench in his location for a time.
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye". The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, pilot and author, lost on mission, July 1944, Med Theatre.
Posts: 6022 | Location: Central Texas | Registered: September 14, 2003
Last year was the 50 year anniversary of Alice’s Restaurant. Arlo went on a nation wide tour playing the song. While I missed that one, did get to see him this year.
Posts: 2164 | Location: south central Pennsylvania | Registered: November 05, 2008
