Monthly Archives: August 2008
Dave Van Ronk interview, Jan. 21, 1999
Dave Van Ronk talks about the importance of teaching in his career and about correcting Jackson Browne on royalties owed for Rev. Gary Davis’ Cocaine Blues in an interview with Dave Conlin Read on Jan. 21, 1999.
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Tagged cocaine blues, dave van ronk, harry smith, jackson browne, ramblin jack elliott, rev. gary davis
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Arlo Guthrie interviewed Nov. 1998 at The Guthrie Center
by Dave Conlin Read; posted November, 1998
[Ed. note: Mr. Guthrie's plans for doing business in downtown Pittsfield did not pan-out.]
Arlo Guthrie, interviewed at The Guthrie Center,
Housatonic, MA in Nov. 1998. Photo: Chris Perilli
Arlo Guthrie first came to the Berkshires in the late ’50s to attend the former Indian Hill camp in Strockbridge, where his [...]
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Tagged arlo guthrie, Featured, mama frasca, pittsfield, rolling thunder revue, woody guthrie
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Bob Dylan concert review – Pittsfield, MA August 26, 2006
August 26, 2006 concert review by Dave Conlin Read
Poster for the Bob Dylan concert -
Wahconah Park, Pittsfield, MA,
August 26, 2006
Bob Dylan delivered as even and as excellent a show as you could imagine Saturday night at Wahconah Park in Pittsfield, MA; it felt like this was a big deal for him rather than another [...]
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Tagged desolation row, Featured, pittsfield, wahconah park
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Bob Dylan concert review – Wahconah Park, Pittsfield, MA June 23, 2005
Review Bob Dylan’s concert at Wahconah Park, Pittsfield, MA during his 2005 tour of minor league ball parks. This was Dylan’s first performance in Pittsfield since appearing as Joan Baez’s guest in a 1963 concert at the Pittsfield Boy’s Club.
Bob Dylan concert review – Newport Folk Festival, Aug. 3, 2002
Bob Dylan’s return to the Newport Folk Festival in 2002, 37 years after “going electric” and shocking folk music “purists” was marked by his appearance wearing a crazy wig and fake beard, a stellar setlist, but only a routine performance.