The Bleecker Street Tapes
Echoes of Greenwich Village
Published on 6. June 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
226 pages
979-8-9856589-6-5 (ISBN)
Description
In this collection of intimate interviews, profiles and essays, from Phil Ochs to Leonard Cohen, veteran music journalist Bruce Pollock, a Greenwich Village resident and clubgoer during its heyday, documents folk music's evolution from passing the hat to topping the charts.
From the coffeehouses of Greenwich Village to the stage of Woodstock, folksingers became a powerful cultural force in the 1960s. Mixing music and politics, tradition and innovation, romance and righteousness, these men and women were outspoken voices for their generation, each with a story to tell.
From the coffeehouses of Greenwich Village to the stage of Woodstock, folksingers became a powerful cultural force in the 1960s. Mixing music and politics, tradition and innovation, romance and righteousness, these men and women were outspoken voices for their generation, each with a story to tell.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
20 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
335 gr
ISBN-13
979-8-9856589-6-5 (9798985658965)
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Person
Bruce Pollock is an author, editor, rock historian and record producer. He has published 15 books on rock music, including By the Time We Got to Woodstock: The Great Rock 'n' Roll Revolution of 1969 and In Their Own Words. He was the founding editor of the magazine Guitar for the Practicing Musician.
Content
Introduction
Troubadours of the Folk Era
Dave Van Ronk and the Great American Folk Scare
Phil Ochs: To My Dying Day
Richie Havens: The Voice of a Generation
Tuli Kupferberg: We Thought We Could Do Just About Anything
Melanie: Light a Candle
Buffy Sainte-Marie: Healing Songs
Eric Andersen: Losing Time
Peter, Paul & Mary: Reunited
Roger McGuinn: Just Punks Trying to Play Music
John Sebastian: Magical
Peter Tork: I Think I Was Gatsby
Maria Muldaur: Survival Instincts
Loudon Wainwright: Here Is the Village
Janis Ian: Nobody Is Indispensable but You
The Roches: Swimming Upstream
Harry Chapin: A Cinematic Process
Suzanne Vega: Arrival
Don McLean: The Emptiness of You
Leonard Cohen: Score One for M----
Leon Haggerty, Bobby Dylan and the Sheik of New York
Greenwich Village Playlist
About the Author
Troubadours of the Folk Era
Dave Van Ronk and the Great American Folk Scare
Phil Ochs: To My Dying Day
Richie Havens: The Voice of a Generation
Tuli Kupferberg: We Thought We Could Do Just About Anything
Melanie: Light a Candle
Buffy Sainte-Marie: Healing Songs
Eric Andersen: Losing Time
Peter, Paul & Mary: Reunited
Roger McGuinn: Just Punks Trying to Play Music
John Sebastian: Magical
Peter Tork: I Think I Was Gatsby
Maria Muldaur: Survival Instincts
Loudon Wainwright: Here Is the Village
Janis Ian: Nobody Is Indispensable but You
The Roches: Swimming Upstream
Harry Chapin: A Cinematic Process
Suzanne Vega: Arrival
Don McLean: The Emptiness of You
Leonard Cohen: Score One for M----
Leon Haggerty, Bobby Dylan and the Sheik of New York
Greenwich Village Playlist
About the Author