Category Archives: Bob Dylan

Crawdaddy

Posted on January 21, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Crawdaddy was an American rock music magazine launched in 1966. It was created by Paul Williams, a Swarthmore College student at the time, in response to the increasing sophistication and cultural influence of popular music. The magazine was named after … Continue reading →

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Cafe Au Go Go

Posted on January 8, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The Cafe Au Go Go was a Greenwich Village night club located in the basement of the New Andy Warhol Garrick Theatre building in the late 1960s, and located at 152 Bleecker Street in Manhattan, New York City. The club … Continue reading →

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Edie Sedgwick: The life and death of the Sixties star

Posted on January 5, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Factory Girl Edie Sedgwick Painting, Dane Shue “‘Her fog, her amphetamine, and her pearls…’ With three nouns, in ‘Just Like a Woman’ (said to have been inspired by her), Bob Dylan deftly summed up his friend Edie Sedgwick, the wayward … Continue reading →

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Greenwich Village Theater in the 1960s

Posted on December 24, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“… In the 1950s, the West Village and, later, the newly designated, edgier East Village (rebranded from the northern part of the Lower East Side around 1964) became the cradle of New York’s Beat generation, with its new, raw, and … Continue reading →

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What Bob Dylan Does—Or Doesn’t—Know About the Assassination of JFK

Posted on December 3, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

JFK’s murder was most foul, and that event paved the way, in Dylan’s mind, for the process of long decay, the rootlessness and suspicion, that we have lived since then. “Not long after Covid-19 began its insidious spread, Bob Dylan … Continue reading →

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WBCN and The American Revolution

Posted on November 11, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“It’s been a decade since WBCN rode Boston’s airwaves. In mass media terms, that’s an eternity. Today, if you tune to its old spot on the FM dial, you’ll hear a ‘hot contemporary adult’ format, Mix 104.1, a world away … Continue reading →

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The Concert for Bangladesh

Posted on August 2, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The Concert for Bangladesh (or Bangla Desh, as the country’s name was originally spelt) was a pair of benefit concerts organised by former Beatles guitarist George Harrison and Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar. The shows were held at 2:30 and … Continue reading →

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Blowin’ in the Wind: A Folk-Music Revolt – Jack Newfield (Jan. 14, 1965)

Posted on May 21, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“On the frontier of every art form guerilla bands of prophets and crackpots are nourishing the orthodoxies and fashions of tomorrow. A decade ago the frontier outlaws were men like Miles Davis, Paul Goodman, and Norman Mailer. Bereft of followers, … Continue reading →

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John Wesley Harding – Bob Dylan (1967)

Posted on March 6, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“John Wesley Harding is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on December 27, 1967, by Columbia Records. Produced by Bob Johnston, the album marked Dylan’s return to semi-acoustic instrumentation and folk-influenced songwriting after three albums of … Continue reading →

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Edith Sedgwick (1943 – 1971)

Posted on September 7, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Edith Minturn Sedgwick Post (April 20, 1943 – November 16, 1971) was an American actress and fashion model. She is best known for being one of Andy Warhol’s superstars. Sedgwick became known as ‘The Girl of the Year’ in 1965 … Continue reading →

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