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Alice’s Restaurant – The Original 1967 Legendary Recording and It’s Great Impact
Charles Burris

Alice’s Restaurant – The Original 1967 Legendary Recording

The “Alice’s Restaurant” story, from Arlo Guthrie’s song, is about the musician and his friend illegally dumping garbage on Thanksgiving 1965, leading to their arrest and conviction.

A year later, this criminal record ironically makes him ineligible for the Vietnam War draft, a central theme of the satirical anti-war protest song. The story is based on real events but is hilariously, comically exaggerated, and the song’s chorus, “You can get anything you want at Alice’s restaurant,” is a nonsensical but memorable line that plays no literal role in the plot.

The song’s lasting impact: “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree” became a signature song for Guthrie and a folk anthem for the counterculture movement and its anti-war themes. The story was also the basis for a 1969 film of the same name.

Folk singer Arlo Guthrie endorsed Ron Paul for President during his 2008 Republican primary campaign. Guthrie praised Paul as the only candidate who seemed to believe the U.S. Constitution was still relevant.