SHEFFIELD — Growing up in London, fiddle player Kevin Burke received the best education in Irish traditional music that anyone could ask for. When Burke came of age in the 1960s, the influx of Irish ...

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 ...

Every year around Thanksgiving, radio stations play Arlo Guthrie's epic song, "Alice's Restaurant." For many people, the song is a Thanksgiving tradition. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "ALICE'S RESTAURANT ...

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 ...