Actor William Smithers (“Dallas,” ″Peyton Place”) is 98. Singer Mavis Staples is 86. Actor Mills Watson (“B.J. and the Bear,” ″Lobo”) is 85. Actor Robert Pine (“CHiPS”) is 84. Bassist Dave Smalley of ...

OKEMAH, Okla. — The Woody Guthrie Festival has begun and will continue into the weekend in the famed artist's hometown of Okemah, Oklahoma. The event, now in its 28th year, is held annually in Okemah ...

Legend has it that Arlo Guthrie was born with a guitar in one fist and a harmonica in the other. More important, perhaps, he was born to folk icon Woody Guthrie and Marjorie Mazia Guthrie. His ...

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GREAT BARRINGTON — As she sorts through the back channels of her father’s mementos and keepsakes, Annie Guthrie often feels like she’s keeping up with his historical omnipresence a la Forrest Gump.

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 ...

Alice Brock, whose restaurant in western Massachusetts inspired Arlo Guthrie's Thanksgiving song, died last week at the age of 83. ARLO GUTHRIE: (Singing) You can get anything you want at Alice's ...

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 ...

Your browser does not support the audio element. A week ago today, the “no-nonsense gal” Alice Brock passed away at a hospice home after years of living with ...

Arlo Guthrie has posted a remembrance for his friend Alice Brock, whose namesake restaurant inspired the title of his most famous song, the 1967 ditty “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree.” Brock, who was 83 ...