Thanksgiving 2024 is a bit sadder this year, with the news that Alice Brock has passed away. What a cruel irony that the woman who inspired the Thanksgiving-themed Arlo Guthrie folk song “Alice’s Restaurant,” departed just a week before radio stations across the land would be broadcasting...
WRUR88.FM at University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) will air “Alice’s Restaurant” at 11:30am during Open Tunings with Scott Regan. Kane O, who has been airing this song for many years, writes on Facebook, “BIG ‘Ups’ to my Pal, Professor Scott Regan for letting me cras...
In fall, 1967, Arlo Guthrie released “Alice’s Restaurant,” unintentionally launching a Thanksgiving radio tradition that persists more than 50 years later. The Thanksgiving-themed 18+ minute story-song is beloved by folkies and classic rock fans who continue to search the radio dial for it ...
“I’ll be taking requests, dedications and holiday wishes for the MMR family coming together on Thanksgiving Day. And yes, I’ll serve up the traditional Alice’s Restaurant at 10am, noon and a Pierre’s vinyl cut version
Arlo Guthrie has been touring regularly in support of the 50th anniversary of “Alice’s Restaurant,” including celebrations of the song’s 1967 album appearance. Currentlyin the midst of a two-year tourto honor the forthcoming anniversary of the 1969 “Alice’s Restaurant” film, Guthrie tirel...
Wyoming Public Mediaplans to air “Alice’s Restaurant” at 11am, amid a variety ofThanksgiving-themed programming. WDVR89.7 FM (Sergeantsville, NJ) will air the classic song a little after 8am. WDVRposted, “This Thanksgiving, Ted Lyons, host of the Honky Tonk Roadhouse on WDVR, will...