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Sunday, August 21, 2011

music

it is a sunday night - so for your delectation and delight i present you with arlo guthrie's 'alice's restuarant'. i first heard this on nicky horne's 'your mother wouldn't like it'. from the first hearing i liked it. i enjoyed the light humour of the piece. i was attracted to the form of it - a long musical shaggy dog story that has echoes of prog and zappa. it was also my first conscious introduction to folk.
arlo is the son of woody gutherie. i tried to listen to woody, i never really took to it. arlo is someone i will listen to every now and again (and not just alice's resturant).
(spare a thought for arlo he has been doing this track for a very long time).

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