That song became more than just a piece of music history, it became a Thanksgiving ritual for a generation. That song was “Alice’s Restaurant Massacre”, or as it’s more commonly known ...
Arlo Guthrie’s antiwar staple “Alice’s Restaurant” was inspired by a Thanksgiving Day visit to her diner in western Massachusetts. By Clay Risen Alice Brock, whose eatery in western ...
To Alice Brock, the song that immortalized her name and her long-ago Stockbridge restaurant stirred memories ... of hope and music.” Fame, though, she could have done without.
of hope and music.” The song, “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree,” spins the tale of the Thanksgiving visit with his buddy Rick Robbins and what happened next: fined $25 each for littering and ...