“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The death of Alice Brock sent me back to the modest collection of high school- and college-era albums that’s still kicking around my basement. Music is such a powerful force, it can take you back in ...

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 ...