Hi Miriam,
Thanks for sending this one. I remember the first time I heard Alice's
Restaurant; I was in sixth grade and had a mad crush on a hippy-type house
mother at Perkins. She used to let me come into her bedroom and play records
by groups like the Grateful Dead and the Jefferson Airplane. Alice's
Restaurant was in her collection and I liked it from the first day I
listened to it. By the time I was in high school, many of the FM rock
stations were playing it during the week of Thanksgiving. I still make a
point of playing it once either the day before or on Thanksgiving Day.
I've read a few pieces summarizing the actual facts of the thing, but none
with this much detail.
Bob Hachey
