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Author Hoskyns, Barney, author.

Title Small town talk : Bob Dylan, The Band, Van Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix & friends in the wild years of Woodstock / Barney Hoskyns.

Publisher Boston, MA : Da Capo Press, 2016.

ISBN 9780306823206
0306823209



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Description viii, 401 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, photographs ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The uneasy alliance -- Folk songs of the Catskills -- Inside Albert Grossman -- "The greatest place" -- Boy in the bubble -- Something is happening -- Hundred and forty dollar bash -- Frankie and Judas -- Something to feel -- Paint my mailbox blue -- Everybody's apple pie -- Combination of the two -- Brand new days -- Some way out of here -- Back to the garden -- He's not here -- Oh Lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz -- If you build it -- The shape they're in -- Music among friends -- The ballad of Todd and Albert -- "Creativity and ferment" -- In a good place now -- "Dope, music, and beauty" -- A hermit, a true star -- Tuesday night fever -- Forbidden fruit -- Broken heart.
Summary A multi-disciplinary history of the upstate New York region of Woodstock illuminates its lesser-known role as a country destination for 1960s folk artists, citing the studio and restaurant establishments of manager Albert Grossman and the ways the region inspired such artists as Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix.
Subject Grossman, Albert.
Subject(S) Rock music -- New York (State) -- Woodstock -- History and criticism.
Rock musicians -- New York (State) -- Woodstock.
Woodstock (N.Y.) -- History.
ISBN 9780306823206
0306823209