The Berkshire Eagle

'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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Sixty years after Arlo Guthrie’s illegal dumping arrest that inspired 'Alice’s Restaurant Massacree,' Stockbridge residents are appalled by another illegal dumping

On Friday — less than a week before Thanksgiving — the town dealt with another case of illegal dumping, this time at the ...

It’s been 60 years since Arlo Guthrie was arrested in Massaschusetts. You may have heard the story.

Arlo Guthrie was arrested in Massachusetts 60 years ago and his tale became the unnofficial song of Thanksgiving.
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Alice Brock, Inspiration for the Arlo Guthrie Song “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree,” Dies at 83

In the early 1960s, Arlo Guthrie, the son of folk musician Woody Guthrie, met a woman named Alice who would change his life ...