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Bob Collins

A return to Thanksgiving traditions, Guthrie style

LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 09: Singer/Songwriter Arlo Guthrie performs at The GRAMMY Museum on April 9, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images)

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Back in my ancestral homeland, which also happens to be Arlo Guthrie's neck of the woods, the full playing of Alice's Restaurant was a Thanksgiving tradition on radio.

We have noticed in recent years that this tradition is very much threatened. And so we are doing our part (sort of, I took the live version so you wouldn't have to stare at an album cover for 23 minutes) to maintain the values of Thanksgiving tradition we hold so dear.