The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #124250 Message #2743300
Posted By: Peace
11-Oct-09 - 01:49 AM
Thread Name: Dylan Talking Nonsense ?
Subject: RE: Dylan Talking Nonsense ?
Ditto what Ron said.
Now I know what Jack's question was, yes, I was 'there', and Dylan's remark IS true. The bluegrass folks played at The Four Winds. There were no country and western clubs in the Village but people did some country + western in various basket houses. The Folklore Center housed many types of folk, and that included dulcimer kinds, Appalachian kinds, etc (Mark Ross would be better at answering about TFC). The club I recall most as being 'eclectic' with regard to music was called The Gaslight which at that time was run by Sam Hood--who named his daughter Robin. Many songwriters played there as did the likes of Doc Watson, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee and various other people from other genres or disciplines. But even then, there was a serious divide between songwriters and folk people. Some songwriters who'd 'broken away' from the 'tradition' were dissed at clubs that played folk and the result seems to be what we have today. Kinda like Cain and Abel--and everyone forgets Seth. (I don't want to go further with that analogy because no good will come of it.) Further, imo, Olesko nailed it in one.