Arlo Guthrie最伟大的作品就是《Alice´s Restaurant》，这首原版18分钟20秒的歌曲取材与他的真实经历，Arlo Guthrie以叙事的方式幽默的陈述了一个离奇黑色幽默故事，原版录音时他还请来了一群观众坐在他前面，这首歌最夸张的一次Arlo Guthrie曾经说了45分钟，巧合的是后来Richard Nixon的水门事件录音带长度也为18分钟半，Richard Nixon后来经常在演出这首歌时用这个来开玩笑，后来Arlo Guthrie把这个故事拍成了电影，许多故事中的人物都由真实人物扮演，包括他自己。 　　As an album, the original soundtrack to Alice's Restaurant -- like a lot of movie soundtracks -- is something of a dud, bound for collecting dust after a few listenings; for most buyers, its greater value is its collectible potential as a piece of Arlo Guthrie memorabilia, and not as a listening experience. Fans of the movie will likely find the soundtrack more a letdown than it logically should be: it doesn't include some of the movie's most memorable musical moments, such as Arlo's kazoo-blowing coffeehouse rag, his duet with Pete Seeger on Woody Guthrie's "Car Song," or the emotional guitar arrangement of "Amazing Grace."