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 ...

Arlo Guthrie's 18-minute long, 1967 folk song "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" was inspired by his 1965 Thanksgiving meal with Alice Brock in Massachusetts Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The rambling monologue of "Alice's Restaurant Massacre" (often simply called "Alice's Restaurant") is one of the cultural mysteries of ...

Alice Brock, the woman who gave Arlo Guthrie’s classic Thanksgiving tune “Alice’s Restaurant Massacre” its name, has died at the age of 83. It was Thanksgiving 1965 when Guthrie, then just ...

PROVINCETOWN, Mass. (WPRI) — Alice May Brock, the woman who inspired Arlo Guthrie’s Thanksgiving classic “Alice’s Restaurant” has died. She was 83 years old. Guthrie announced Brock’s passing on ...

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 ...

Alice Brock, the woman who was the real life inspiration for the iconic Arlo Guthrie song “Alice’s Restaurant,” has died, Guthrie announced on social media on Friday. She was 83. “We worked together ...

Alice Brock, whose Massachusetts-based eatery helped inspire Arlo Guthrie's deadpan Thanksgiving standard, "Alice's Restaurant Massacree," has died at age 83. Guthrie announced the death on the ...