The Bleecker Street Tapes: Echoes of Greenwich Village

by Bruce Pollock

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.

This collection of profiles and essays by veteran music journalist Bruce Pollock, a Village resident and clubgoer during folk's heyday, documents the musicians’ evolution from passing the hat to topping the charts.

Artists 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

Genres: Music

227 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 5, 2023

Reviews

[Lisa Miller · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bruce Pollock lived in the middle of the folk music explosion in Greenwich Village in the 1960s. If you weren’t there, these captivating interviews and articles will make you wish you were.