Fact #15385
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Bob Dylan starts performing regularly at the Monday night hootenanny in Gerde's Folk City, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.Full article:
John Phillips (The Journeymen) : Our first job was at Folk City, Gerdes' Folk City in the Village. And it was with Dylan and Lightnin' Hopkins. It was Dylan's first job in New York, also, and our first job, and Lightnin's about four hundredth job in New York. I remember Dylan borrowed twenty bucks and never paid it back…
Tom Paxton (singer-songwriter) : Dave Van Ronk and I were sitting together and this kid got up and sang and we both thought that he was just marvellous - no limit to his potential.
Joan Baez : He was singing his Song To Woody, and he knocked me out completely. As I remember him, it seems he was about five feet tall. He seemed tiny, just tiny, with that goofy little hat on …and I just thought about him for days.
Oscar Brand (singer-songwriter) : I went with Dave Van Ronk to see Dylan's early performances at Folk City. I thought they were terrible, even though Bob had more musical ability than us. He could play the piano and read and write music and do all the things we couldn't do.
I thought Bob was pretty crummy. He was a pale version of Woody, and I thought some of his songs were maladroit. However, he was right there when the audience needed him.
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Tom Paxton (singer-songwriter) : Dave Van Ronk and I were sitting together and this kid got up and sang and we both thought that he was just marvellous - no limit to his potential.
Joan Baez : He was singing his Song To Woody, and he knocked me out completely. As I remember him, it seems he was about five feet tall. He seemed tiny, just tiny, with that goofy little hat on …and I just thought about him for days.
Oscar Brand (singer-songwriter) : I went with Dave Van Ronk to see Dylan's early performances at Folk City. I thought they were terrible, even though Bob had more musical ability than us. He could play the piano and read and write music and do all the things we couldn't do.
I thought Bob was pretty crummy. He was a pale version of Woody, and I thought some of his songs were maladroit. However, he was right there when the audience needed him.
(Source : not known)