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Yams with marshmallows on the Thanksgiving table to accompany Alice's Restaurant on the radio. Photo: J. Waits

Alice’s Restaurant on the Radio Thanksgiving 2023

Arlo Guthrie’s seasonally appropriate “Alice’s Restaurant” is getting dusted off once again for radio airplay this Thanksgiving 2023. I’ve been documenting this radio ritual for many years (even while suffering with COVID last year) and was pleased to be able to speak to THE Alice in 2020. Our Radio Survivor conversation with Alice Brock is […]

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Thanksgiving table. Photo: J. Waits

Alice’s Restaurant on the Radio for Thanksgiving 2022

Catch Alice’s Restaurant on the 2023 radio dial. See our latest listening guide. Thanksgiving is nearly upon us and for radio fanatics like myself, that means another year tracking the radio stations that play Arlo Guthrie’s seasonally appropriate “Alice’s Restaurant.” Especially with the strangeness of the last few years in light of COVID, nostalgia is […]

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Thanksgiving table to honor Alice's Restaurant on Thanksgiving 2018. Photo: Radio Survivor

“Alice’s Restaurant” Remains a 2021 Thanksgiving Radio Staple

Catch Alice’s Restaurant on the 2023 radio dial. See our latest listening guide. As Thanksgiving approaches, my thoughts turn once again to “Alice’s Restaurant,” the epic Arlo Guthrie song that is a beloved turkey day tradition for radio stations all over the United States. I’ve been chronicling this ritual for many many years and was […]

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Podcast #273: Thanksgiving and Radio Traditions with Alice Brock of “Alice’s Restaurant”

On this most unusual of Thanksgiving weeks, we are honored to speak with Alice Brock, the woman who provided much inspiration for Arlo Guthrie’s inadvertent Thanksgiving Day radio staple, “Alice’s Restaurant.” Brock shares with us not only some insight into the 18-minute anti-war epic; but also stories about her life and holiday traditions. For 2020, […]

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Thanksgiving turkey for annual Alice's Restaurant radio tradition. Photo: J. Waits/Radio Survivor

Alice’s Restaurant on the 2019 Thanksgiving Radio Menu

Catch Alice’s Restaurant on the 2023 radio dial. See our latest listening guide. 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 […]

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Thanksgiving table to honor Alice's Restaurant on Thanksgiving 2018. Photo: Radio Survivor

Alice’s Restaurant Maintains Spot on Thanksgiving Radio Dial in 2018

Catch Alice’s Restaurant on the 2023 radio dial. See our latest listening guide. For many, tuning in to hear Arlo Guthrie’s epic tune Alice’s Restaurant on the radio is an annual Thanksgiving ritual. Inspired by events that transpired on Thanksgiving day in 1965, the 18+ minute “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree,” became a radio staple following multiple […]

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Thanksgiving turkey. Photo: J. Waits

Tuning in to Alice’s Restaurant on the Radio on Thanksgiving 2016

  Catch Alice’s Restaurant on the 2023 radio dial. See our latest listening guide. Happy early Thanksgiving! After a particularly contentious Presidential election, many families are anxious about upcoming holiday gatherings. Some are banning political conversations, whereas others are setting ground rules for polite discourse. Perhaps the long-standing radio tradition of listening to Arlo Guthrie’s […]

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