Folk Music Icon Arlo Guthrie Returns to Walt Disney Concert Hall to Celebrate 50th Anniversary of ALICE'S RESTAURANT

Legendary folk music icon Arlo Guthrie returns to Walt Disney Concert Hall on Monday, April 6, 2015, at 8:00 PM as part of the LA Phil's Songbook series to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the event that inspired his seminal song, "Alice's Restaurant Massacree." The 18-minute anthem, which originated from Guthrie's experience on Thanksgiving in 1965, will be performed in its entirety, as well as selections from every full-length studio album Guthrie has released since the debut of Alice's Restaurant in 1967.

"Alice's Restaurant's" account of actual events that precluded Arlo Guthrie from military service (1966) became a platinum selling record (1967) and full-length motion picture (1969) at the outset of Guthrie's career. Due to its length, Guthrie has only added the complete "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" to his set list on the 10-year anniversaries.

"I didn't think I was gonna live long enough to have to learn 'Alice's Restaurant' again," Arlo Guthrie commented. "It was a quirky kinda thing to begin with. Nobody writes an 18-minute monologue expecting fame and fortune. The initial success of the song really took me by surprise more than anyone else. The fact that I have contended with it for five decades either by having to learn it again or by not doing it, has been an interesting balancing act. I'm surely looking forward to adding it to the repertoire, though, for the 50th anniversary tour."

"The Alice's Restaurant 50th Anniversary Tour" brings together an ensemble of musicians including Terry Hall (drums), Bobby Sweet (guitar, vocals), Darren Todd (bass), and Guthrie's son, Abe Guthrie (keyboards).

To purchase tickets, please visit LAPhil.com, the Walt Disney Concert Hall Box Office or any Ticketmaster outlet. To order by phone with credit card, please call the Walt Disney Concert Hall Box Office at 323.850.2000, or Ticketmaster at 800.745.3000. For more information, please call 323.850.2000.