Small town talk
Subtitle: Bob Dylan, The Band, Van Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix & friends in the wild years of Woodstock
By: Barney Hoskyns
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 402
ISBN-13: 9780306823206
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Rock music; History; Rock musicians; History and criticism
Description: The town of Woodstock, New York, the original planned venue of the 1969 concert, is over 60 miles from the actual site. And Woodstock was a key location in the rock landscape even before Bob Dylan holed up there after his infamous 1966 motorcycle accident. Hoskyns re-creates Woodstock's community of brilliant dysfunctional musicians, scheming dealers, and opportunistic hippie capitalists drawn to the area by Dylan and his sidekicks from the Band.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-361) and index.
Table of contents: title: The uneasy alliance; title: Folk songs of the Catskills; title: Inside Albert Grossman; title: "The greatest place"; title: Boy in the bubble; title: Something is happening; title: Hundred and forty dollar bash; title: Frankie and Judas; title: Something to feel; title: Paint my mailbox blue; title: Everybody's apple pie; title: Combination of the two; title: Brand new days; title: Some way out of here; title: Back to the garden; title: He's not here; title: Oh Lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz; title: If you build it; title: The shape they're in; title: Music among friends; title: The ballad of Todd and Albert; title: "Creativity and ferment"; title: In a good place now; title: "Dope, music, and beauty"; title: A hermit, a true star; title: Tuesday night fever; title: Forbidden fruit; title: Broken heart; title: Epilogue. "How does that old song go?"; title: Coda. Didn't he ramble.