Image From libnot Since Thanksgiving is a day all about about Tradition, here is my traditional Thanksgiving Day post started in 2007.
In addition to family, great food, the Macy’s Parade, Miracle on 34th Street, March of the Wooden Soldiers and football, listening to Arlo Guthrie’s rendition of Alice’s Restaurant on WNEW-FM was, for me, a wonderful Thanksgiving tradition.
A former station DJ remembers Thanksgiving and Arlo Guthrie this way on the blog All Mixed Up Radio.
Every year a couple of days before Thanksgiving, it starts. It’s slow at first, and then turns into a non-stop avalanche of phone calls. And no matter how many times a station runs promo announcements telling people exactly when it will be played, the calls still come.
“What time are you playing ‘Alice’s Restaurant?'”…
Yes, in the olden days people used to listen to music on the radio. Imagine that!
Here’s a snippet of Alice’s Restaurant with Arlo Guthrie and Johnny Cash
