Next year marks the 50th anniversary of the movie “Alice’s Restaurant,” based on the song by Arlo Guthrie and to commemorate the occasion, Guthrie is arranging an extensive tour which will stretch from the fall of 2018 through 2020. The majority of shows just announced for this fall will take place in New York and surrounding states. They include a hometown show in Great Barrington, Massachusetts on Nov, 17 and a return to Carnegie Hall on Nov. 24. See the full list of dates below.<\/p>\n
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Guthrie wrote a folk song about a series of incredulous events that began on Thanksgiving in 1965. “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree” struck a chord with the anti-war counterculture. By 1967 Guthrie had gone from playing small clubs to playing festivals and stadiums.<\/p>\n
\u201cArthur Penn (who had just finished filming Bonnie & Clyde) heard the record when it came out in 1967,\u201d recalled Guthrie in an interview with NYS Music<\/a>. \u201cHe also happened to live in Stockbridge, where the events took place. He thought it would be a great idea to make it into a movie. And he did.\u201d<\/p>\n