#THE GASLIGHT MOVIE#
#THE GASLIGHT WINDOWS#

This entity became the focal point for songwriters throughout the western half of the United States and helped propel many great writers to stardom. In the early 70's, LEN CHANDLER and JOHN BRAHENY created what was to become the LOS ANGELES SONGWRITER'S SHOWCASE (LASS). The Creators Of The Los Angeles Songwriters Showcase.Len Chandler And John Braheny: Kristin Baggelaar & Donald Milton, The Folk Music Encyclopedia, London, 1977, p. So then the audience couldn't applaud they had to snap their fingers instead.

#THE GASLIGHT WINDOWS#

The Gaslight was weird then because there were air shafts up to the apartments and the windows of the Gaslight would open into the air shafts, so when people would applaud, the neighbors would get disturbed and call the police. I was the only singer at the Gaslight for a long time, and then it started going from a poet scene to a music scene around 1960. John Bauldie, Positively 4th Street Revisited, Q, No. Dylan premiered 'Masters of War' and many other songs here. Opened in 1958 by John Mitchell., the dark, steamy, subterranean Gaslight had showcased beat poets Allen Ginsberg and Gregory Corso but became a folk club when Sam Hood took over. The Gaslight was originally a 'basket house', where performers were paid the proceeds of a passed-around basket. Official and 'hi-fi' recordings can (and should) be purchased at your local record dealer or through a number of web-based companies, like CDNow. Ralph Rinzler, Bob Dylan, and John Herald,Īny copyrighted material on these pages is used in 'fair use', for the purpose of study, review or critical analysis only, and will be removed at the request of copyright owner(s).Īudio files are DELIBERATELY encoded 'low-fi' to enable faster streaming and are intended as 'illustrations' and 'appetizers' only. Martin'sġ16 MacDougal Street, Greenwich Village, New York, NY Hoot! A Twenty-Five-Year History of the Greenwich Village

#THE GASLIGHT MOVIE#

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NYC - The Official Online Guide for 'The Village' Order available recordings by Bob Dylan or other artists rightĪ walking tour of Dylan-related places.Ī picture of the former Gaslight can be found here. 'Roots' site (roots of Bob's own compositions) (a basically complete collection of Dylan's lyrics) Other Dylan pages (Bill Pagel's 'Boblinks')

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