The Bleecker Street Tapes - E-book - ePub

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. In The Bleecker Street Tapes, a collection of intimate profiles and essays, veteran music journalist Bruce Pollock, a Village resident and clubgoer during its heyday, documents folk music's evolution from passing the hat to topping the charts.
Dave Van Ronk Phil Ochs Richie Havens Tuli Kupferberg Melanie Buffy Sainte-Marie Eric Andersen Peter, Paul & Mary Roger McGuinn John Sebastian Peter Tork Maria Muldaur Loudon Wainwright III Janis Ian The Roches Harry Chapin Suzanne Vega Don McLean Leonard Cohen