Song HERE.
Film here.
And Officer Obie is here: fast forward to 2 minutes.
from Wikipedia:
Obanhein accepted an offer from another Stockbridge resident, Arthur Penn, to appear as himself in a film adaptation of Alice's Restaurant he was directing and co-writing. He told Newsweek magazine (September 29, 1969, where his photo appears) that making himself look like a fool was preferable to having somebody else make him look like a fool. Working on the film caused Obanhein to develop greater respect for Guthrie, and the two became friends for the rest of Obanhein's life.
He was still around when I worked nearby between stints in Africa in the 1970s.
Norman Rockwell made a sketch of him. which can be found on the website of the Stockbridge police Department.
an example of how times have changed it this from the SPD website:
1965 was the year that changed the lives of Chief Obanhein and the Town of Stockbridge with the arrest of Arlo Guthrie, who would later chronicle the events in his song "Alice's Restaurant." In 1966 there were 7 drug-related arrests reflecting changing social attitudes.
Arlo also was around: He had a farm and family nearby, but I never ran into him although my brother, who was more involved in the arts and theatre community, might have.
(Doctors tend to be workaholics, and culture passes us by because caring for a heart attack is more important than going to a concert, although I did get to Tanglewood a few times. )
it's still a nice area, although I haven't been there since my brother's funeral about five years ago.
Here's an article on the area that mentions Stockbridge, most famous for the Norman Rockwell Museum.
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