[7], In 1984, Guthrie, who was supporting George McGovern's ultimately unsuccessful comeback bid for the Democratic presidential nomination,[22] revived "Alice's Restaurant" to protest the Reagan Administration's reactivation of the Selective Service System registrations. The brief mention of "faggots" being rejected for military service in the song's epilogue was based on military policy at the time, which rejected all homosexuals and expelled anyone caught engaging in homosexual behavior with a section 8 dishonorable discharge. They eventually noticed a pile of other trash that had previously been dumped off a cliff near a side road, and added theirs to the accumulation. A fellow friend commented that he and Guthrie were "not going to get called unless there’s a squirrel invasion in New Hampshire. After the release of the original album, Guthrie continued to perform the song in concert, regularly revising and updating the lyrics. And that's what it is, the Alice's Restaurant Anti-Massacree Movement, and all you got to do to join is sing it the next time it come's around on the guitar With feeling. Ray and Alice Brock purchased the property in 1964 and made it their home. Due to Guthrie's rambling and circuitous telling with unimportant details, it has been described as a shaggy dog story. Musical guests have included John Gorka, Tom Paxton, Ellis Paul, Tom Rush, The Highwaymen folk group and Arlo Guthrie. //]]>, Sorry, we have to make sure you're a human before we can show you this page. Alice, Officer Obie, and even Judge Hannon, were all real people, and the heinous crime of littering actually took place that fateful November Day. He answered in the affirmative, explaining his story, and was sent to the "Group W" bench to file for a moral waiver. Maria Alice Bolos. Get Directions +55 16 3973-0230. more » [CDATA[ [9] Guthrie revived the song for the 50th anniversary edition in 2015, which he expected would be the last time he would do so. //