Tag Archives: Greenwich Village
Who Stoned Whom
Under the moniker Ian & Sylvia, Ian and Sylvia Tyson were a Canadian folk duo that came to occupy a central role in the folk music revival that rattled and twanged out of Bleeker Street, beyond Greenwich Village, and into the popular music charts in the early 1960′s. The pair moved to Greenwich Village where [...]
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Tagged Albert Grossman, Bleeker Street, Bob Dylan, Greenwich Village, Ian & Sylvia, Ian Tyson, marijuana, Sylvia Tyson, The Beatles
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Looking for Richard
This spring we mark 50 years since we lost Richard Fariña in a tragic motorcycle accident on April 30, 1966. The author of this great article at The Guardian assumes most readers will be familiar with Fariña as a literary figure who wrote the novel Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me [...]
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Tagged Beats, Bob Dylan, Greenwich Village, hippies, Joan Baez, Mimi Farina, Pete Seeger, Rainbow Quest, Richard Farina, The Guardian
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