The truth of the song is stretched out, but it still happened—even if Arlo Guthrie wrote him and Alice (remember, it’s a song about Alice) and Robbins into a predicament no one else lived through.

Someone told the police. And events were set in motion for what became folk singer Arlo Guthrie’s autobiographical anthem of wartime protest, hippie fellowship and a belly-filling Thanksgiving ...

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.

Alice Brock, the “Alice” in folk singer Arlo Guthrie’s Thanksgiving classic, “Alice’s Restaurant,” died Thursday at 83. Her death was first announced by Guthrie through Rising Son ...

NEW YORK — 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 ...

By The Associated Press Alice Brock, whose Massachusetts-based eatery helped inspire Arlo Guthrie’s deadpan Thanksgiving standard, “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree,” has died. She was 83.

The hippie-era icon who inspired folk singer Arlo Guthrie’s epic, anti-establishment song “Alice’s Restaurant” has died. Alice Brock suffered from health issues, including chronic ...

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 before ...

Boston Globe / Boston Globe via Getty Images The hippie-era icon who inspired folk singer Arlo Guthrie’s epic, anti-establishment song “Alice’s Restaurant” has died. Alice Brock suffered ...

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 before ...