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SOTD 11/27/25: “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree” by Arlo Guthrie

“Alice’s Restaurant tradition” was kind of an accident. Radio stations began playing the song on Thanksgiving simply because ...

How This 1967 Folk Classic Became America's Favorite Thanksgiving Song

Inspired by a real-life event on Thanksgiving Day, 1965, Arlo Guthrie 's "Alice's Restaurant" (the song's full name is ...

Almost 60 years later, Alice's Restaurant Massacree is still an FM Rock radio tradition

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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Arlo Guthrie Marks 60 Years of the Events That Inspired “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree”

This Thanksgiving marks 60 years since the events that inspired Arlo Guthrie's signature song, "Alice's Restaurant Massacree.
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'Blind justice': How a Berkshire County judge became a character in Arlo Guthrie's 'Alice's Restaurant Massacree'

In 1965, a blind judge in Lee handed down a $25 fine to two teenagers who dumped trash down a hillside — a case immortalized ...
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Lynnfield Historical Society serves ‘Alices Restaurant’ for Thanksgiving

LYNNFIELD– According to Lynnfield Historical Society’s Communications Coordinator, Linda Gillon, the Society had quite a “large and enthusiastic” crowd at its last meeting, where Alan Foulds gave a ...