Rising Son Records is an
independent record label founded in 1983 by
Arlo Guthrie
Arlo Davy Guthrie (born July 10, 1947) is an American folk singer-songwriter. He is known for singing songs of protest against social injustice, and storytelling while performing songs, following the tradition of his father, Woody Guthrie. Gu ...
. The company has been located in the Old Trinity Church in
Housatonic, Massachusetts
Housatonic is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Great Barrington in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,109 at the 2010 census. It was named ...
(a village in the town of
Great Barrington) since 1992. The church was home to
Alice and Ray Brock, whose Thanksgiving Day dinners were the inspiration for Guthrie's 1967 song "
Alice's Restaurant Massacree
"Alice's Restaurant Massacree", commonly known as "Alice's Restaurant", is a satirical talking blues song by singer-songwriter Arlo Guthrie, released as the title track to his 1967 debut album '' Alice's Restaurant''. The song is a deadpan prote ...
". Two years later the song was released as a
movie
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by the same name. Rising Son Records offers Guthrie's complete catalogue of music, excepting the original ''
Alice's Restaurant
"Alice's Restaurant Massacree", commonly known as "Alice's Restaurant", is a satirical talking blues song by singer-songwriter Arlo Guthrie, released as the title track to his 1967 debut album '' Alice's Restaurant''. The song is a deadpan prote ...
'' album, which remains under the ownership of
Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group Corp. ( d.b.a. Warner Music Group, commonly abbreviated as WMG) is an American multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It is one of the " big three" recording companies and t ...
.
Rising Son catalogue
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Folk record labels
American independent record labels
Record labels established in 1983
1983 establishments in the United States
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