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Thanksgiving is an American holiday, and 44 years ago, give or take, American folksinger Arlo Guthrie gave this country the ultimate Thanksgiving song: Alice's Restaurant.

"What do you mean you cooked the turkey, Charlie? They're all sitting at the table eating those fancy fruit and nut cups, waiting for roast eagle with all the trimming and you cooked the turkey." Thus, the true story of the first Thanksgiving, according to comedian Stan Freberg anyway.

I just want to try to cook these folks a nice dinner from scratch," said Michael Roller, chef and owner of Samel's Deli & Savory Harvest Catering in Pittsfield last week.

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The song most closely associated with Thanksgiving is "Alice's Restaurant," Arlo Guthrie's sprawling folk narrative from 1967.

1967 - Arlo Guthrie released the classic Alice's Restaurant . 1968 - The Beatles released a self-titled double album.

Between the 40-plus years that Arlo Guthrie has been making music and the similar number of years his father, legendary folk pioneer Woody Guthrie, made music, America has been hearing the provocative sounds of the Guthrie clan for more than three-quarters of a century.

Four generations of Guthries will come together at the Collins Center in Orono, Nov.

Ruth Eckerd Hall On The Road presents American folk singer-songwriter Arlo Guthrie in the historic Capitol Theatre in the Cleveland Street District in downtown Clearwater on Saturday, March 13 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets go on sale Friday, Nov.

Classical pianist Peter Serkin will play a mostly modern program this Sunday, Nov.

Arlo Guthrie will be fighting for stage time Sunday night when three generations of his family perform at Harrisburg's Whitaker Center.

After my daughter almost flunked Alice's Restaurant , I yanked her out of that stupid English teacher's class.

San Francisco: The Macy's Christmas tree always looks its best when it arrives unannounced on the truck from Mount Shasta and is hoisted by crane.

Arlo Guthrie is a musician inevitably connected to the legacy of his father, the folk music icon Woody Guthrie, the 'folk boom' of Greenwich Village in the 1960s, and the 1969 'music and arts festival' that was Woodstock.

Artist: Guthrie, Arlo Just like the old joke, the one that goes if you remember the 1960s, you weren't really there, Arlo Guthrie doesn't remember anything about a special concert he gave in Long Island in 1969.

The author won Sunday's first race, earning the honorary title "Cheetah #8". California's Mike Polkalba became "Cheetah #9" in race two.

Arlo Guthrie brings his mix of music, storytelling and commentary to the suburbs for two shows this weekend.

Talks and tunes dominate this mid-autumn week. The calendar includes: talks by John Eisenberg, David Wroblewski, Liaquat Ahamed, Jerry Apps, Jim Wallis, and a quartet of vampire experts; Women Rock for the Cure, and, more live music by Sunset Rubdown, Arlo Guthrie, The Avett Brothers, Drummer, and Yonder Mountain String Band.

If you're looking for great Thanksgiving songs, then you may or may not have come to the right list.