The Bleecker Street Tapes - Bruce Pollock - Bog

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.
The Bleecker Street Tapes -- a collection of intimate profiles and essays by veteran music journalist Bruce Pollock, a Village resident and clubgoer during its heyday -- documents folk music's evolution from passing the hat to topping the charts.

Profiles include
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