The part of 60s music that wasn't Laurel Canyon

May 17, 2023 7:40 PM

Greenwich Village: Music that Defined A Generation [1h32m] is a 2012 documentary that looks at the part of the 60s folk and subsequent rock revolution that wasn't based in California. Guthrie, Seeger, Dylan, Baez.. and that's just the beginning. A really great look at a fascinating era of music that shaped what we all listen to now.
posted by hippybear (8 comments total)

I haven't watched the Laurel Canyon doc yet but this is going to be a great two-fer with it. Thanks!
posted by gentlyepigrams at 8:52 PM on May 17, 2023

Wow, Melanie
I'm sorry I only knew you from the "New Key" song
posted by superelastic at 4:41 AM on May 18, 2023 [1 favorite]

is it just me or is it no longer available for everyone?
posted by fregoli at 10:21 AM on May 18, 2023

I can't tell about region blocking, but the link still works fine for me in the US.
posted by hippybear at 10:51 AM on May 18, 2023

No Karen Dalton, Holy Modal Rounders, Sam Shepard, The Fugs? Fffft.
posted by scruss at 11:52 AM on May 18, 2023

Not available for me here in NZ either, but not tagged as "region blocked", just "not available".

Was hoping to look for images of my in-laws who were part of that whole milleau
posted by mbo at 2:33 PM on May 18, 2023 [1 favorite]

I was at a Peter, Paul and Mary concert here in Austin about a week or so after MLK was assassinated. That I will never forget...
posted by jim in austin at 2:44 PM on May 18, 2023 [2 favorites]

Thanks for that! I love seeing stuff about that era - this music was a big part of my childhood. My first concert alone (with a friend but without grownups, a birthday present from my parents) was a benefit for The Newport Folk Foundation at Carnegie Hall, with Arlo Guthrie, James Taylor, Richie Havens, Odetta, Richard and Mimi Fariña, Pete Seeger and others.

I'm always haunted by the tragic end of Phil Ochs.
posted by maggiemaggie at 7:04 PM on May 19, 2023 [1 favorite]