By 1961, Joan Baez, the dark-haired waif who had captured the spotlight at the first Newport Folk Festival just two years earlier, was folk music's virginal superstar, leading the coffeehouse culture of a new American generation. And an unknown, unwashed, Woody Guthrie—worshiping kid from the Minnesota suburbs named Bob Dylan had just arrived in Greenwich Village. In an excerpt from his forthcoming book, Positively 4th Street, DAVID HAJDU recalls the prickly beginnings of the Baez-Dylan relationship, the strange symbiosis between her voice and his music, and the triumphant, magical appearance at Freebody Park that made musical history
GALENA, Ill. — Galena Center for the Arts, 971 Gear St., will welcome Don Greenwood, Scott Stieber, Don Myers and Thomas Burns to the Songwriters Showcase stage at 7 p.m.
He was known as someone who got things done: he published Saturday Night magazine, launched TV stations, ran a folk club and helped get Mariposa off the ground
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Mr. Tate helped thousands of students reach their goals whether it was becoming a professional, making music on the living room couch with friends, or playing alone after a day of work.