But seriously, folks. . . .

Crow Sister, in answer to your question about coffeehouses, I'm sorry I don't have any footage of coffeehouses like The Place Next Door. Videotaping technology and such hardly existed at the time, much less being able to snap photos with a cell phone (which didn't even exist back then). But there are photos and such of coffeehouses that currently exist where the same kinds of things go on.

To give a fairly comprehensive history of coffee and coffeehouses, and how coffeehouses became gathering spots for singers of folk songs in this country, a few years ago, in answer to a similar question, I posted a fairly lengthy dissertation. If you wish, this should be able to take you to it. Probably more than you really want to know on the subject:

Coffee and Coffeehouses

Coffeehouses are still going strong here, at least in this area (Pacific Northwest) and as I understand it, in other areas of the country as well. And many still feature singers of folk songs. Here are a few photos from the Pacific Northwest Folklore Society's web site of events taking place in coffeehouses around Seattle:

Audience eye-view of the singers.

Singer's eye-view of the audience, more or less.

Don Firth