This week’s program centered on Greenwich Village and its rich music scene from the 1960’s into the 1990’s. We shared recordings of performances from some legendary music venues in ‘the Village,’

Opening set
Richard Barone, Bleecker Street (SORROWS & PROMISES: GREENWICH VILLAGE IN THE 1960’S, RBM)
Fred Neil, Bleecker & MacDougal (BLEECKER & MACDOUGAL, Elektra)
Kevyn Kinney, MacDougal Blues (MACDOUGAL BLUES, Island)
Ralph McTell, West 4th Street and Jones (HILL OF BEANS, Leola)

Set # 2 The Village Gate/The Cookery
Nina Simone, Just in Time (NINA AT THE VILLAGE GATE, Colpix)
Herbie Mann, Comin Home Baby (HERBIE MANN AT THE VILLAGE GATE, Atlantic)
Alberta Hunter, My Castle’s Rockin’ (DOWNHEARTED BLUES: LIVE AT THE COOKERY, Varese Sarabande)

Set # 3 The Bitter End
Randy Newman, Mama Told Me Not to Come (RANDY NEWMAN LIVE, Reprise)
Tom Paxton, Good Morning Mr. Blue (THE COMPLEAT TOM PAXTON, Elektra)
Dion, Mama, You’ve Been on My Mind (DION-RECORDED LIVE AT THE BITTER END, Omnivore)
Dion, The Wanderer (DION-RECORDED LIVE AT THE BITTER END, Omnivore)

Set # 4 Café Au Go Go
The Blues Project, Who Do You Love (THE BLUES PROJECT:ANTHOLOGY, Polydor)
John Lee Hooker, One Bourbon One Scotch One Beer (LIVE AT THE CAFÉ AU GO GO, Bluesway)
John Lee Hooker, She’s Long, She’s Tall, She Weeps Like A Willow Tree (LIVE AT THE CAFÉ AU GO GO, Bluesway)

Set # 5 Gerdes Folk City
Lucy Kaplansky comments (recorded on 3-06-25)
Big Joe Williams, She’s Doggin’ Me (BIG JOE WILLIAMS FOLK CITY, Prestige Bluesville)
Bob Dylan, Corrina, Corrina (LIVE PERFORMANCES FROM THE COPYRIGHT COLLECTION, Columbia)
Bob Dylan, Blowin’ in the Wind (LIVE PERFORMANCES FROM THE COPYRIGHT COLLECTION, Columbia)

Set # 5 The Bottom Line
Loudon Wainwright III, Road Ode (CAREER MOVES, Virgin )
Richard Thompson, Time to Ring Some Changes (SMALL TOWN ROMANCE – LIVE IN NY, Hannibal)
Joan Baez w/Mary Chapin Carpenter, Diamonds and Rust (RING THEM BELLS, Proper)
Ric Ocasek, Just What I Needed (IN THEIR OWN WORDS, V.1, Razor & Tie )
David Johansen, Looking for a Kiss (IN THEIR OWN WORDS, V.2, Razor & Tie)

Set # The Bottom Line: The Fast Folk Musical Magazine Revue
Lucy Kaplansky comments (recorded on 3-06-25)
Jack Hardy, The Creation (LIVE AT THE BOTTOM LINE 1993, Smithsonian Folkways)
Richard Shindell, May (LIVE AT THE BOTTOM LINE, 1993, Smithsonian Folkways)
Lucy Kaplansky & Shawn Colvin, Heart on Ice (LIVE AT THE BOTTOM LINE, 1986, Smithsonian Folkways)
John Gorka, I Know (LIVE AT THE BOTTOM LINE, 1986, Smithsonian Folkways)

Set # The Bottom Line: The Fast Folk Musical Magazine Revue
Rod MacDonald, American Jerusalem (LIVE AT THE BOTTOM LINE, 1983, Smithsonian Folkways)
Suzanne Vega, Calypso (LIVE AT THE BOTTOM LINE, 1986, Smithsonian Folkways)
The Roches, I’ve Got Nothing to Hide (LIVE AT THE BOTTOM LINE 1992, Smithsonian Folkways)
Dave Van Ronk, Losers (LIVE AT THE BOTTOM LINE, 1994, Smithsonian Folkways)
David Massengill w/Lisa Gutkin, Last Call (LIVE AT THE BOTTOM LINE, 1988, Smithsonian Folkways)

Dylan at The Gaslight
Bob Dylan, Rocks and Gravel (LIVE AT THE GASLIGHT 1962, Columbia)
Bob Dylan, Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright (LIVE AT THE GASLIGHT 1962, Columbia)