Arlo Guthrie, Alice’s Restaurant (1967)
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I first heard Arlo Guthrie’s debut – and his best-known album – when I was about 15, some 25 years after it was made. The title song, the album’s touchstone – basically the only reason anyone ever had any interest in the album ever – was an amusing tale that I fell in love with if only because (and it’s an importa…
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