In 1967 Arlo Guthrie released his debut album “Alice’s Restaurant”.
The title track was a true story about a Thanksgiving meal and how it lead to Arlo’s arrest for littering.
Even though the song clocks in at over 18 minutes it became a hit.
In 1969 it was even made into a movie.
Below is a video of the song.
They took the song’s original audio and edited together with parts of the film.
So enjoy the video below of what for many people is a song that it is a tradition to listen to on Thanksgiving.
Oh, and Happy Thanksgiving!!!






