Tim -
Arlo ALWAYS sings "Alice's Restaurant"
John McCutcheon ALWAYS sings "Christmas in the Trenches"
Loudon Wainwright III ALWAYS sings "Dead Skunk," and he says he really hates the song (there are many Wainwright songs I hate more).

I guess there was a period when Arlo did not sing "Alice's Restaurant," but that was a short time. Maybe he didn't feel forced to do it at the concerts he did with Pete Seeger. It's a great song, but it's so long that it eliminates a lot of new stuff in a concert if he does it. I suppose the same is true for Don McLean and "American Pie." Are there other folkie performers who are burdened with lengthy or obnoxious songs they have to perform at every concert?
-Joe Offer-