Gareth Gates

Also in 2003, Gates came sixth in the Channel 4 poll of the 100 Worst Britons.
. This was also a new entry at number one, and stayed there for two weeks. In 1991, Guthrie bought the church that had served as Alice Brock's former home, which had been made famous by the song, and converted it to the Guthrie Center (http://www.guthriecenter.org), an interfaith meeting place that serves people of all religions. With the The Kumars, Gates sang the 2003 Comic Relief charity single, "Spirit in the Sky", another cover of an old song. He collaborated with poet Adrian Mitchell to tell the story of Chilean folk singer and activist Víctor Jara in song. The single was voted 2002's Record of the Year by ITV viewers. Like his father, Woody Guthrie, Arlo often sings songs of protest against social injustice.

(Cowell had been one of the Pop Idol judges, and had been notorious for his harsh criticisms of many of the contestants.) His first single, a cover of "Unchained Melody", entered the UK Top 40 at number one, knocking Will Young's first single - the double A-sided "Evergreen"/"Anything is Possible" - off the top of the chart (as Young's single was intended for the winner of Pop Idol Gates also recorded versions of both songs, which were used as B-sides for "Unchained Melody"). He also had a minor hit with his song "Coming into Los Angeles". Despite not winning the competition, he was soon signed up with Simon Cowell's record label BMG, alongside the Pop Idol winner, Will Young. Guthrie also made famous Steve Goodman's song "City of New Orleans", a paean to long-distance rail travel. Gareth Paul Gates (born July 12, 1984, Bradford) is a British pop singer who shot to fame in 2002 when he came second in the television talent show Pop Idol. The song also provided the scenario (and much of the soundtrack) for the film Alice's Restaurant (movie). (compare with the song "Haddocks' Eyes" in Through the Looking-Glass).

To quote one of the song's Carrollian twists:. There are many parodies of the song as well. Alice's Restaurant was revised and updated some years later to protest Reagan era policies, but the second version has not been released on a commercial recording. The first recording of the song was done at the exact same time as the Apollo 11 Moon Landing.

The lyrics to the song can be found at this location on Guthrie's web site: [1] (http://www.arlo.net/lyrics/alices.shtml) Although it has some fantastical elements, it is based on a true story. "Alice's Restaurant" is regularly played on some radio stations every Thanksgiving. The song describes how Guthrie was hauled into court for littering some of Alice's garbage after discovering that the dump was closed for Thanksgiving, and because of the resulting criminal record he was eventually rejected as unfit for military service when he was called up for the draft. The characters in the story, including both Alice and "officer Obie", who arrested him, became famous in their own right as a result of the song. Alice, in this case, was restaurant owner Alice Brock, who lived in a former church in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.

The song, a bitingly satirical protest against the Vietnam War draft, recounts a true Thanksgiving adventure that began at Alice's Restaurant, where "you can get anything you want (excepting Alice)". His most famous work is "Alice's Restaurant", a story song that lasts 18 minutes and 20 seconds. He graduated from the controversial Stockbridge School of Massachusetts in 1965, and briefly attended Rocky Mountain College. He was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1947.

Arlo Guthrie is an American folk singer who is the son of folk singer and composer Woody Guthrie. Mystic Journey (1996). Alice's Restaurant - The Massacree Revisted (1996). More Together Again (1994).

2 Songs (1992). Son of the Wind (1992). All Over the World (1991). Someday (1986).

Precious Friend (1982). Power Of Love (1981). Outlasting the Blues (1979). One Night (1978).

The Best of Arlo Guthrie (1977). Amigo (1976). Together In Concert (1975). Arlo Guthrie (1974).

Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys (1973). Hobo's Lullaby (1972). Washington County (1970). Running Down the Road (1969).

Arlo (1968). Alice's Restaurant (1967).