The Greenwich Village Music Scene of the '60s

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🗓️ 4 October 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot speak with David Browne, author of the new book Talkin' Greenwich Village: The Heady Rise and Slow Fall of America’s Bohemian Music Capital.

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Featured Songs:

Phil Ochs, "Here's to the State of Mississippi," I Ain't Marching Anymore, Elektra, 1965

The Beatles, "With A Little Help From My Friends," Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Parlophone, 1967

Sonny Rollins, "Softly As In A Morning Sunrise (Live At The Village Vanguard, 1957 / Evening Take)," The Complete Night At The Village Vanguard, Blue Note, 2013

Miles Davis, "Stablemates," Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet, Prestige, 1956

Joan Baez, "Wildwood Flower," Joan Baez, Vanguard, 1960

John Coltrane, "Greensleeves," Evenings at the Village Gate: John Coltrane with Eric Dolphy, Impulse!, 2023

Paul Butterfield, "Everything Gonna Be Alright," Live New York 1970, RockBeat, 2015

Phil Ochs, "Talking Vietnam Blues," All the News That's Fit to Sing, Elektra, 1964

Dave Van Ronk, "He Was a Friend of Mine," Folksinger, Prestige, 1962

Dave Van Ronk, "Dink's Song," Dave Van Ronk Sings, Folkways, 1961

Bob Dylan, "House of the Risin' Sun," Bob Dylan, Columbia, 1962

Dave Van Ronk, "House of the Rising Sun," Just Dave Van Ronk, Mercury, 1964

The Blues Project, "Catch the Wind," Live at the Cafe Au Go Go, Verve Folkways, 1966

Bob Dylan, "It Ain't Me Babe," Another Side of Bob Dylan, Columbia, 1964

Bob Dylan, "Hurricane (Live at Memorial Auditorium, Worcester, MA, November 1975)," The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1975 Live Recordings, Columbia, 2019

Len Chandler, "Bellevue," To Be a Man, Columbia, 1966

Peter, Paul and Mary, "Where Have All the Flowers Gone," Peter, Paul and Mary, Warner Bros., 1962

Sonny Rollins, "I Can't Get Started (Live At The Village Vanguard, 1957 / Evening Take)," The Complete Night At The Village Vanguard, Blue Note, 2013

The Roches, "Speak," Speak, MCA, 1989

Buffy Sainte-Marie, "It's My Way," It's My Way!, Vanguard, 1964

Odetta, "I Never Will Marry," Odetta Sings Folk Songs, RCA Victor, 1963

Drive-By Truckers, "Ronnie and Neil," Southern Rock Opera, Soul Dump, 2001

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0:00.0	Hey Sound Opinions listeners, if you support us on Patreon, you get to listen to our podcast
0:05.8	Ad Free on Patreon. He took the bomb. Oh, You're listening to sound opinions and this week we're talking with author David
0:44.9	Brown about his new book Talking Greenwich Village. I'm Jim De Regottis and I'm
0:50.0	Greg Cod. Let's get into that conversation.
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1:13.0	Today we're talking with journalist and author David Brown. David has written eight books
1:25.6	including a biography of Crosby Stills, Nash, and slow fall of America's Bohemian music
1:37.2	capital.
1:38.2	Welcome to the show, David.
1:39.8	Thanks very much for having here guys.
1:41.2	Great to be here.
1:42.1	You know, this is, uh, you've written many books.
1:44.6	This is a good one.
1:46.4	I got to say it was a hell of a read, David.
1:48.4	Thank you for that.
1:49.9	Why are we writing about Greenwich Village?
1:51.5	David Amram explains it very well. A jazz musician that you talk to for the book. One of many interviews he did.
1:58.0	The Village was a gigantic 12-step program of people considered total losers and failures and
2:04.4	disgraces because they were pursuing something unrealistic and more or less
2:09.0	deemed worthless by society. But they were doing it with a vengeance.
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