Arlo Guthrie celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the events that snowballed into the Alice's Restaurant Massacree, his iconic talking blues narrative that has become an established part of the Thanksgiving tradition, with an unprecedented show. Backed by his band of friends, Arlo regales the audience with the Massacree in its entirety, along with many of his best-loved classics.
Alice's Restaurant 50th Anniversary Concert
It was fifty Thanksgivings ago, fifty years ago on Thanksgiving - Arlo Guthrie celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the events that snowballed into the Alice's Restaurant Massacree, his iconic talking blues narrative that has become an established part of the Thanksgiving tradition, with an unprecedented show. Backed by his band of friends, Arlo regales the audience with the Massacree in its entirety, along with many of his best-loved classics. Projected exclusive, rare photos from Guthrie's archives and an amazing lightshow also make for a remarkable multimedia experience. Four-time Emmy® Award-winning director Jim Brown captures this memorable concert commemorating the half-century that has passed since Arlo took out the garbage, landed on the Group W bench, and inspired the Alice's Restaurant Massacree that became an anti-war, anti-stupid national phenomenon.
Songs include…
The Motorcycle Song
Chilling of the Evening
St. James Infirmary
Pigmeat
Coming Into Los Angeles
Alice's Restaurant
I Hear You Sing Again
City of New Orleans
Highway in the Wind
My Peace
Special Features include…
- Four Bonus Songs: Me and My Goose, Ocean Crossing, Last Train, and This Land Is Your Land
- Hilarious Arlo Guthrie stories
- The annual Arlo Guthrie Center's Arlo Guthrie's Historic Garbage Trail Walk .
Producer: Jim Brown
Production Company: Jim Brown Productions
Production Year: 2015
Copyright Year: 2015
Rating: TV-G
Number of Discs: 1
Length: 120 minutes
Subtitled: Y
Subtitle Languages: English
Audio Format: 5.1 Surround
Aspect Ratio: 16x9 Widescreen
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