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Washington Square Memories
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Subject: RE: Washington Square Memories From: Ron Olesko Date: 14 Jan 03 - 04:55 PM It's also great to see how many people are still part of "the scene". I was a wee lad when the folk scare hit and most of my memories are second hand. It is nice to see that folk music wasn't a fad and many of the names mentioned in this thread are still participating in folk music - either as performers, promoters or fans. Steve-o mentioned Bill Vanaver who has a new CD coming out. Erik Darling recorded a wonderful CD about two years ago. I had a lovely conversation with Mark Spoelstra who just released a CD. I saw Roger Sprung at a party last year and he still sounds amazing. And of course there are all of the Mudcatters whose names are mentioned in this thread and continue to spread the music. I would just like to say "thanks". While I might not be sitting in Washington Square Park on Sunday afternoons, Bill Hahn and I are busy spinning songs on the radio. We wouldn't be there if it weren't for all of you. Thanks for starting something and even more importantly, for carrying the tradition along to the rest of us. Ron |
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Subject: RE: Washington Square Memories From: Mark Ross Date: 14 Jan 03 - 08:34 PM I spent much happy time in the Village hanging around(slept there on the benches on occassion, the Square being the spiritual center of it all, if the weather was good. I had the best day I ever had, busking there New Years Day 1973. where is Mark Spoelstra these days, he was an early influence and I still can play JESSE'S JUMP. Started hanging out there at 14, later moved to the Village to play the baskethouses, worked at the FOLKLORE CENTER (after Izzy left). It changed my whole life. Mark Ross |
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Subject: RE: Washington Square Memories From: Art Thieme Date: 14 Jan 03 - 08:41 PM ...and I just found 3 "snapshots" (remember those?) I took with my trusty Kodak Brownie in '64 ---- folkies singin' with the arch in the background... Could be some of you were yhere !? Art |
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Subject: RE: Washington Square Memories From: WFDU - Ron Olesko Date: 14 Jan 03 - 09:15 PM Mark Spoelstra is living in California. He has been playing music for his family and friends for years, but recently he has returned to play a few gigs and record a CD. He still sounds great. I will find his website and post it here. Ron |
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Subject: RE: Washington Square Memories From: musicmick Date: 15 Jan 03 - 01:19 AM Right you are, Frank. Speaking of guitar masters, do you remember a guy named Sandy Bull. He specialized in 12 string flash. I thought that Billy Faer was, primarily, a banjoist, a frailer like Dick Weissman and Billy Vanaver. (Here's a bit of trivia. I was Vanaver's den leader when he was a cub scout) I hear from Lionel every six months or so and I see Roger a couple times a year, when he comes down to Philly. By the way, I never thanked you for an impromptu lesson you gave me one night at the Gilded Cage. I dont think of you as a New Yorker. I've always associated you with Chicago. Must be the lake effect. |
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Subject: RE: Washington Square Memories From: Stefan Wirz Date: 15 Jan 03 - 11:31 AM wished I could contribute 'memories' (sigh!), but anyhow:
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Subject: RE: Washington Square Memories From: Amos Date: 15 Jan 03 - 01:28 PM Nice job, Stefan!! A |
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Subject: RE: Washington Square Memories From: Marcia Stehr Date: 11 Sep 10 - 10:23 AM Video of Greenwich Village in the 1960's. Many Folk singers are here. http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x8qbl |
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Subject: RE: Washington Square Memories From: SINSULL Date: 11 Sep 10 - 11:00 AM 1964 - 16 year old Catholic School girl too shy to do anything but watch. I would sit in Washington Square and hope to see somebody "famous". LOL Saw Dylan once and followed him but too shy to speak. Probably just as well - I was tempting in that plaid skirt and white shirt. Hot apple cider with a cinnamon stick in a coffee house with music and poetry readings. Frequent sightings of the Paper Bag Man, a sad soul who wore a supermarket bag over his head. Funny to think that you guys were all around me and it just wasn't time to meet. |
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Subject: RE: Washington Square Memories From: Suffet Date: 26 Sep 10 - 08:57 PM Greetings: I had a wonderful time at the sixth annual Washington Square Park folk musicians reunion this afternoon (Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010). I especially enjoyed having the opportunity to jam with the legendary Roger Sprung, who has been making music in Washington Square Park since 1947, the year I was born. Roger's older brother George Sprung was also there. He is the person who obtained the Parks Department permit allowing music every Sunday afternoon from 2:00 to 6:00 PM after complaints from neighbors had shut down the music altogether. Were any other Mudcatters at the reunion this year? By the way, I first came to Washington Square Park as a listener in 1960, and I used to perform there pretty regularly from 1963 to 1968, and then off and on for another two or three years, by which time it was no longer the same. --- Steve |
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Subject: RE: Washington Square Memories From: GUEST,Laura Date: 13 Dec 11 - 08:06 PM Hello, Just finishing a documentary on the music scene in The Village during the 60's and early 70's. I'm looking for some hidden treasures in the way of photos from the day. if you are interested in sharing, please email me. Thanks very much, Laura ps the film should be at festivals in the spring (2012). www.greenwichmusicdoc.com (for the trailer) |
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Subject: RE: Washington Square Memories From: MissouriMud Date: 14 Dec 11 - 05:30 PM I missed this thread the first few times around. As a teenager from Connecticut I could not get in to the City to do the Washington Square thing often, but I got in a few Saturdays and Sundays in 1964 and 1965. I would take the train in from Connecticut with my long neck banjo in tow- take the subway down to the Square and try to blend in. I didnt know any one - I probably would have recognized Dylan or Seeger or Mary Travers but I think by 1964 folks of their status werent playing in the square regularly. In any event most of the times I was there it was mid day and there seemed to be smaller groups in various parts of the square (rather than one mass jam). I would gravitate toward whichever one looked the most inviting and in need of a banjo player. Typically there would be an instrument case open to collect donations and once we got a couple of bucks some one 18 or older would be dispatched to buy a bottle of Thunderbird or something comparable that we would all pass around. Then I'd catch the train back home in time for dinner - missing out on most of the night life. I did see Buffy play one night in 1965 at one of the Village spots after I was 18 - really intense. A brief but wonderfully educational experience for a 17-18 year old. Wish I could have lived closer. |
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Subject: RE: Washington Square Memories From: GUEST,Joe Locker Date: 17 Dec 11 - 10:23 AM Laura - I have some good old photos from the Square, late 1950s to early 1960s including Eric Weissberg, Marshall Brickman, Roger Sprung, Bob Yellin, Paul Prestopino, Winnie Winston, Lionel Kilberg, Danny Z,Artie Rose,Tom Paley,Jules Hansen, my brother Willie, "The Professor" me,et al. If you tell me how to e-mail them, I'd be happy to do so. If you want to e-mail me directly, go to http://www.scorpweb.co.uk/html/davis_locker____.html and click on "contact D,L & W" at the bottom of the page. One of the best articles on the Square was written by Jay Feldman for Bluegrass Unlimited a while back, covering many of the above folk, plus the famous "riot". See http://www.jfeldman.com/square.pdf There's also a documentary film on the Sunday riot. More ideas if you contact me. Joe Locker |
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