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 ...

“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 ...

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Folk singer Arlo Guthrie returned to Stockbridge for a CBS interview, recounting the 1965 littering incident that inspired his hit song, “Alice’s Restaurant.” ...

“Alice’s Restaurant,” says Arlo Guthrie, is not like riding a bike. The 18-minute, talking blues, surprise anti-Vietnam War hit has taken on such a life of its own that Guthrie could never quite shake ...

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 ...