Among other
things, learn
about Ramblin' Jack's Greenwich Village days
with Bob Dylan. In DVD
and VHS
formats.
Positively 4th Street: The Lives and Times of Joan Baez,
Bob
Dylan,
Mimi Baez Farina, and Richard Farina by David Hajdu
"In Hajdu's candid, often intimate account-based on several
hundred
new interviews-the four musicians' rise from scruffy coffeehouse
folksingers
...
Positively 4th Street is that rare book with a new story to
tell
about the 1960s -- the story of how some of the greatest and
most
enduring
American popular music was created in a fit of collective
inspiration."
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here
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Baby, Let Me Follow You Down: The Illustrated Story
of
the Cambridge Folk Years
by Eric von Schmidt & Jim Rooney. Second Edition.
This fascinating , thoroughly readable book about that east coast
hotbed
of the folk music revival has some great old photos of Joan Baez
and
her
cohorts you've probably never seen before.
FROM THE PREFACE: "Folk music in all its
various
forms, from Elizabethan ballads to Delta blues to Kentucky
bluegrass to
songs of social protest and personal discovery, brought us
together in
a community of our own making and led each of us to find a new
path - a
path that each could truly call his or her own ... If there is
anything
we can take from our
time
together
in Cambridge and pass it on to those who will follow, it is
that focus
and the energy it generated in us". 317 pages, profusely
illustrated
with
classic photographs and wonderful stories." Great
fun! Click
here
to order now, or for more info!
Romancing the Folk by Benjamin Filene
""Romancing the Folk" presents an extremely lively, readable
and
well thought out discussion of the way folk music was presented
to the
American public and ultimately accepted as a valid art form in
its own
right."
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here
to order now, or for more info!
Making People's Music: Moe Asch and Folkways
Recordsby
by Peter D. Goldsmith
The author uses Asch's career as a lens through which to view folk
music, leftist politics, and the recording industry during the
middle
decades
of the twentieth century. "Making People's Music is the
single
best book I have ever read on the sources and implications of
the 'folk
revival' of the 1960s." - Maurice Isserman, author of If
I Had
a
Hammer
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to order now, or for more info!
American Troubadours: Groundbreaking Singer-Songwriters of
the
60s by Mark Brend
"This book explores the musical and
cultural
phenomena that shaped the singer-songwriter movement of the
1960s,
including
Dylan’s reinvention of folk ..."
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here
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Rainbow Quest: The Folk Music Revival & American
Society,
1940-1970
by Ronald D. Cohen
"Reading Rainbow Quest by Ron Cohen. It's quite a
history."
- Frank Hamilton
"...a remarkably informative historical survey and commentary
of
the phenomena of folk music's mass audience appeal as
represented by
concerts
and album sales from such luminaries as Joan Baez, Bob Dylan,
Peter,
Paul
and Mary, Burl Ives, Woody Guthrie, The Kingston Trio, The
Weavers, and
scores of others. Originally centered in New York's Greenwich
Village
and
sustained by a robust record industry, this revival of folk
music
through
the 1950s and culminating in the mid-1960s ... those glory years
of
folk
music popularity have left an astonishing musical legacy that
still
reverberates
within the American culture. Rainbow Quest is a seminal, core
addition
..."
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here
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Artists of American Folk Music: The
Legends
of Traditional Folk, the Stars of the Sixties, the Virtuosi of
New
Acoustic
Music by Phil Hood
"...different eras of modern folk music: from the early days
(Woody
Guthrie and Malvina Reynolds) to the height of popularity 25
years ago
(the Kingston Trio, Joan Baez and Arlo Guthrie) to new acoustic
artists
(David Grisman and Tony Trischka). Also of note: an article
about the
Lomax
family, the archivists who have made extensive recordings of
folk music
that might otherwise have been lost." Click
here
to order now, or for more info!
When We Were Good : The Folk Revival by
Robert
S. Cantwell
Valuable if you want to dig deeper into the era. Click
here
to order now, or for more info!
Folk Music USA.: The Changing Voice
Of
Protestby
Ronald D., Jr. Lankford
Kind of the opposite of the above book, this covers the Folk Scare
era in a brezy style for a general audiance.
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here
to order now, or for more info!
Follow the Music: The Life and High Times of Elektra Records
in
the
Great Years of American Pop Culture by Jac Holzman, Gavan
Daws
"The best book available on the pop music industry!...tracing
the
history of Elektra Records from its inception in 1950 until
1973. This
is no ordinary autobiographical account; here Holzman's voice is
just
one
of hundreds, a colorful cast of friends, family, lovers,
colleagues,
musicians
and observers of the music scenes in New York and Los Angeles
during
the
1950s, '60s and early '70s." Click
here
to order now, or for more info!
Here are excepts
and
free music clips.
There Is No Eye by John Cohen
Photography book that includes great pictures of the Greenwich
Village
folk scene from our Folk Scare Era.
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to order now, or for more info!
We Shall Overcome: A Song
That
Changed the World
by Stuart Stotts
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to order now, or for more info!
Republic of Dreams: Greenwich Village: The American
Bohemia,
1910-1960
by Ross Wetzsteon
See why Greenwich Village was prepared to nurture the Folkniks.
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to order now, or for more info!
The Portable Sixties Reader by Ann Charters (Editor), Ian
Fleming
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to order now, or for more info!
Chronicles, Vol. 1 by Bob Dylan
"...his remarkable book exploring
critical
junctures in his life and career. Through Dylan's eyes and
open mind,
we
see Greenwich Village, circa 1961, when he first arrives in
Manhattan.
Dylan's New York is a magical city of possibilities ..."
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to order now, or for more info!
The Mayor Of Macdougal Street by Dave Van Ronk
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Sweet Judy Blue Eyes: My
Life
in Music by Judy Collins
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And A Voice to Sing With: A
Memoir by Joan Baez
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to order now, or for more info!
Bob Gibson: I Come For To Sing by Bob Gibson and
Carole
Bender
The life of Bob Gibson, the unsung father of commercially
popular
folk music, whose influence is still being felt in today's
music, is
celebrated
in "Bob Gibson: I Come For To Sing", by Carole Bender and Bob
Gibson.
Included with the book is Bob Gibson's CD "Stops Along the Way".
The book is autobiographical as much as possible, but his
importance
to his
contemporaries
is emphasized by original contributions by such legends as Shel
Silverstein,
Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Peter Yarrow, Tom Paxton,...
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here
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The Honor of Your Company by Tom Paxton
A combination autobiography and songbook of this still-popular
singer
and songwriter.
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here
to order now, or for more info!
Ramblin' Man: The Life and Times of Woody Guthrie by
Ed
Cray
Ed Cray is the first biographer to be granted access to the Woody
Guthrie
Archive, and he has interviewed over seventy of the people who
knew
Woody
best. On this basis he creates a haunting portrait of an
American
original who profoundly influenced Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Bruce
Springsteen,
and American popular music itself. 16 pages of photographs.
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here
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Red Dust and Broadsides: A Joint
Autobiography
This joint autobiography of Agnes (Sis)
Cunningham and
Gordon
Frieson who mostly worked behind the scenes in the Folk Scare era
includes
a foreward by Pete Seeger.
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here
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Rise Up Singing: The Group-Singing Song Book ed.
Peter
Blood
With an introduction by Peter Seeger. "Rise Up Singing
brings
out the best of the folk tradition by including music that is
rooted in
both history and revolution."
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to order now, or for more info!
American Ballads and Folk Songs by
John
A. and Alan Lomax
Music, lyrics and history for more than 200 authentic ballads and
songs
collected by the famous Lomaxes.
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to order now, or for more info!
Folk Songs of the Southern Appalachians by Jean
Ritchie,
et al
"Originally published in 1965, this new edition has faithfully
retained
all 77 line scores and added four new songs. The original
headnotes and
photographs tell the history of the song and how it became a
part of
the
family's life."
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Folk Songs of Old New England by E. H. Linscott
Lyrics and music of traditional songs from New England such as
"Katy
Cruel"
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Folksongs of Britain and Ireland by edited by Peter
Kennedy
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Joan Baez Songbook Has 66 songs from Joan's early
Vanguard
recordings with historical-musical annotations. Arrangements
for
voice and piano with complete chord progressions for the guitarist
and
cap-key indications enabling the beginning instrumentalist to play
along
with the Joan Baez recordings. Each song is enchantingly
illustrated
by Eric von Schmidt (who was a marvelous artist as well as
musician).
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The Peter Paul and Mary Song Book by Barry Feinstein
Recollections by the singers, a discography, chord diagrams for
five
instruments, plus 42 of their American folk favorites.
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The Rose & the Briar: Death, Love and Liberty in the
American
Ballad
by Sean Wilentz, Greil Marcus
Not exactly a songbook, "In words and in drawings, the
collaborators
have tapped the veins of America's most imaginative and
expressive
form.
From "Barbara Allen," one of the earliest, through "The Wreck of
the
Old
97," to contemporary ballads by Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen,
The
Rose
& the Briar presents a rich new patch of art and
commentary—like
the
ballads, no two the same, but all of a piece, about stories,
storytellers,
and American death, love, and liberty. 25 illustrations."
There is also a like-named CD.
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Legends of Folk: The Village Scene
This PBS documentary is finally available for purchase. All
the greats are here!
Festival!
the
Newport Folk Festival Film 1963 - 1966 Murray
Lerner’s
film
"Festival" is finally available on DVD.
It's like a time machine, seeing performances by all the heavy
hitters
at their prime! " cinematic synthesis of four Newport
Folk
Festivals
in which the art of folk music is pictured in transition during
its
most
crucial years. The range is from Bob Dylan performing
"Tambourine Man"
and Joan Baez doing "Farewell Angelina," to country artists like
Johnny
Cash playing "I Walk the Line" to the Georgia Sea Island
Singers. The
range
is also from the high-priced professionals like Peter, Paul, and
Mary
to
the authentic folk dignity of living legends such as Son House
and
Mississippi
John Hurt. Joan Baez, Donovan and Judy Collins are all on view,
as are
Pete Seeger, the Ed Young Fife and Drum Corps and numerous
others that
give a feeling of community with the whole American present, and
continuity
with the American past. "
Segments from "Festival!" are prominently featured in the recently
released Dylan documentary, No
Direction
Home, directed by Martin Scorsese.
Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound American Masters explores fifty years of folk legend and human rights activist Joan Baez
The
Other
Side of the Mirror: Live at Newport Folk Festival
1963-1965
The Other Side Of The Mirror captures Bob Dylan's metamorphosis from
the
folk family's best-kept secret to rock's fiercely confrontational
poet
who would electrify an entire nation and become the voice of his
generation
The Holy
Modal
Rounders: Bound to Lose
This fascinating documentary explores the music and personalities
behind psychedelic folk rockers the Holy Modal Rounders, a band
that's
continued to perform for a small but rabid cult following for four
decades.
Don't
Look
Back.
D.A.
Pennebaker's cinema verite look at Bob Dylan's 1965 tour of
England
includes
lots of footage of Joan Baez singing and just hanging out.
Long
out
of print, it is now available again in DVD
and VHS
formats. The new (2/27/07) 2 disc DVD version includes
a
ton of extra
stuff, including new footage and a 168-page companion book.
The
Best
Of Hootenanny 3 DVD set of
an ABC TV
series that ran 1963-1964 with 80 performances by:
Eddy Arnold, Hoyt Axton, Leon Bibb, Theodore Bikel, The Brothers
Four,
Bud & Travis, The Carter Family, Johnny Cash, The Chad
Mitchell
Trio, The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, The Clara Ward Gospel
Singers, Judy Collins, The Coventry Singers, Dian & The
Greenbriar
Boys, The Dillards, Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs, Bob Gibson,
Ian
& Sylvia, Joe & Eddie, The Journeymen, The Limeliters,
Trini
Lopez, Miriam Makeba, Herbie Mann, The New Christy Minstrels,
Richard
& Jim, Jimmie Rodgers, The Rooftop Singers, The Serendipity
Singers, Mike Settle, The Simon Sisters, The Tarriers, The
Travelers
Three, Doc Watson, Josh White, Jr., Beverly White, Marion Williams
Pete Seeger's Rainbow Quest In the early 1960's Pete had a TV series seen mainly in Canada featuring famous Folk Scare performers, now it's finally out in DVD.
The
Ballad
of Ramblin' Jack
Among other
things, learn
about Ramblin' Jack's Greenwich Village days
with Bob Dylan. In DVD
and VHS
formats.
American
Roots
Music
The
2001
4-part PBS documentary now available in DVD
and VHS.
You
can also get the 240 page companion book.
Sunday
A 17 minute documentary by filmmake Dan Drasin. On April 9,
1961,
several hundred musicians and their friends gathered in New York's
Washington Square Park to sing folk songs and hang out, just like
they
did most Sundays. But on this day, the New York Police Department
came
to kick them out.
The events of that day became known as the Beatnik Riot, and
Saturday
marks its 50th anniversary
