As a native of New Jersey, David Browne had been to the Greenwich Village section of New York and was aware of its storied reputation as a mecca for music—especially folk, jazz, and blues—in the ‘50s and ‘60s. As well as a magnet for the counterculture’s misfits, beatniks, outsiders, and...
The King and the Queen of the Village Folk Scene: Joan Baez and Bob Dylan . At the Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C., Aug. 28, 1963.As a native of New Jersey, David Browne had been to the Greenwich Village section of New York and was aware of its storied reputation as a mecca for music—especially folk, jazz, and blues—in the ‘50s and ‘60s. As well as a magnet for the counterculture’s misfits, beatniks, outsiders, and weirdos.
That profile led to discussions with his book editor, which morphed into an idea for a wider project that would encompass not only the history of Greenwich Village . But also the performers, audiences, clubs, and local movers and shakers.
If Bob Dylan was the shooting star of the Village folk scene, then Dave Van Ronk was its soul and conscience. The rough-voiced, rough-hewn, rotund performer was an earl mentor not just to Dylan but two generations of struggling musicians. “Van Ronk was the bedrock of that whole world. And people don’t know him. He was the uncompromising spirit of the Village in his music. He stuck to his artistic guns, and was a champion, critic, and mentor all in one.” Browne says. “Also, the Village didn’t dry up when Dylan left, that was a myth.”is the amount of pages Browne spends on some of the lesser-known musicians and groups or the latter-decades folkies from Browne’s college days like Suzanne Vega, Shawn Colvin, and the Roches.
His biggest regret was not getting to interview Len Chandler, an influential Black folk music singer/guitarist who was very much in the thick of the scene at the start. The two had started to chat, but Chandler died before they could officially sit down.
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