{"product_id":"talkin-greenwich-village-the-heady-rise-and-slow-fall-of-americas-bohemian-music-capital-hardcover","title":"Talkin' Greenwich Village: The Heady Rise and Slow Fall of America's Bohemian Music Capital - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Browne\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe definitive history of the rise and heyday of the revolutionary \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eGreenwich Village music scene, based on new research and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003efirst-hand interviews with many of its legendary performers\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Although Greenwich Village encompasses less than a square mile in downtown New York, rarely has such a concise area nurtured so many innovative artists and genres. Over the course of decades, Billie Holiday, the Weavers, Sonny Rollins, Dave Van Ronk, Ornette Coleman, Bob Dylan, Nina Simone, Phil Ochs, and Suzanne Vega are just a few who migrated to the Village, recognizing it as a sanctuary for visionaries, non-conformists, and those looking to reinvent themselves. Working in the Village's smokey coffeehouses and clubs, they chronicled the tumultuous Sixties, rewrote jazz history, and took folk and rock \u0026amp; roll into places they hadn't been before. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Based on over 150 new interviews (Judy Collins, Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock, Eric Andersen, Suzzy and Terre Roche, Suzanne Vega, Steve Forbert, Arlo Guthrie, John Sebastian, Shawn Colvin, the members of the Blues Project, and more), previously unseen documents, and author David Browne's longtime immersion in the scene, \u003ci\u003eTalkin' Greenwich Village\u003c\/i\u003e lends the saga the epic, panoramic scope it's long deserved. It takes readers from the Fifties jamborees in Washington Square Park and into landmark venues like Gerde's Folk City, the Gaslight Caf?, and the Village Vanguard, onto Dylan's momentous arrival and returns, the no-holds-barred Seventies years (West Village discos, National Lampoon's Lemmings), and the folk revival of the Eighties (Vega's enduring \"Tom's Diner\"). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In eye-opening fashion, Browne also details the often-overlooked people of color in the Sixties folk clubs, reveals how the FBI and city government consistently kept their eyes on the community, unearths the machinations behind the infamous \"beatnik riot\" in Washington Square Park, and tells the interconnected tales of Van Ronk, the seminal band the Blues Project, and the beloved sister trio, the Roches. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In also recounting the racial tensions, crackdowns, and changes in New York and music that infiltrated the neighborhood, \u003ci\u003eTalkin' Greenwich Village\u003c\/i\u003e is more than just vivid cultural history. It also speaks to the rise and waning of bohemian culture itself, set to some of the most enduring lyrics, melodies, and jazz improvisations in American music.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Browne\u003c\/b\u003e is a senior writer at \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e and the author of \u003ci\u003eCrosby, Stills, Nash \u0026amp; Young, So Many Roads, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFire and Rain, \u003c\/i\u003eas well as biographies of Sonic Youth and Jeff and Tim Buckley. He lives in Manhattan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 17, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978200482093,"sku":"9780306827631","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/fUUFZohbIj9780306827631.webp?v=1775800983","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/talkin-greenwich-village-the-heady-rise-and-slow-fall-of-americas-bohemian-music-capital-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}