“Alice’s Restaurant tradition” was kind of an accident. Radio stations began playing the song on Thanksgiving simply because the story is set on that day. Some say that it was chosen because it was ...

“It’s become a Thanksgiving ballad, more than an anti-war this, or a pro-that, or whatever it was. And I think it could only happen (in America)” - Arlo Guthrie (2005) How did an 18-minute long song ...

ARLO GUTHRIE: (Singing) You can get anything you want at Alice's restaurant. SHAPIRO: The song was inspired by 1960s artist Alice Brock, who died last week at the age of 83. Viki Merrick was a close ...

The woman who inspired one of the most famous Thanksgiving songs of all time is dead at age 83. The Associated Press reports Alice Brock died Thursday, a week before this year’s turkey holiday, in ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Alice Brock, whose Massachusetts-based eatery helped inspire Arlo Guthrie’s deadpan Thanksgiving standard, “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree,” has died at age 83. Her death, just a week ...

Alice Brock, who has died aged 83, was the owner of a restaurant immortalised by Arlo Guthrie in his 1967 mock-heroic ballad Alice’s Restaurant (or to give it its full title Alice’s Restaurant ...

What’s the best way to celebrate Thanksgiving? Listening to a 20-minute protest song about the Vietnam War, of course. If you’re a true “Alice’s Restaurant” devotee, you also watch the 1969 movie, eve ...

Every year around Thanksgiving, radio stations play Arlo Guthrie's epic song, "Alice's Restaurant." For many people, the song is a Thanksgiving tradition. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "ALICE'S RESTAURANT ...