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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.
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.
IntroductionTroubadours of the Folk EraDave Van Ronk and the Great American Folk ScarePhil Ochs: To My Dying DayRichie Havens: The Voice of a GenerationTuli Kupferberg: We Thought We Could Do Just About AnythingMelanie: Light a CandleBuffy Sainte-Marie: Healing SongsEric Andersen: Losing TimePeter, Paul & Mary: ReunitedRoger McGuinn: Just Punks Trying to Play MusicJohn Sebastian: MagicalPeter Tork: I Think I Was GatsbyMaria Muldaur: Survival InstinctsLoudon Wainwright: Here Is the VillageJanis Ian: Nobody Is Indispensable but YouThe Roches: Swimming UpstreamHarry Chapin: A Cinematic ProcessSuzanne Vega: ArrivalDon McLean: The Emptiness of YouLeonard Cohen: Score One for M----Leon Haggerty, Bobby Dylan and the Sheik of New YorkGreenwich Village PlaylistAbout the Author