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Documentary on the musicians and history made at the Gaslight during its prime: Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation.

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Bobbie Ann Mason in her 1999 memoir Clear Springs writes of hearing "beatnik poetry" at the Gaslight in the early 1960s.

An array of musicians also performed at the club in the late 1960s and early 1970s, including The first public "electric" appearance ofĮric Clapton sat in together for a week at the Gaslight with John Herald, Ralph Rinzler, The Greenbriar Boys,ĭave Van Ronk. Luke Faust, a five-string banjo player and singer who sang Appalachian ballads īruce Springsteen. Notable performersĪmong those who performed at the Gaslight wereīill Cosby Bob Dylan Joni Mitchell (her first ever appearance in NYC, in 1966, with Chuck Mitchell) The Gaslight Anthem, has said that the band's name came from The Gaslight Cafe as he had heard it was one of the first places thatīob Dylan had played and liked the sound of the word and the imagery it brought about. So then the audience couldn't applaud they had to snap their fingers instead."īrian Fallon, the lead singer and guitarist of

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In the Folk Music Encyclopedia, Kristin Baggelaar and Donald Milton wrote "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. Live at The Gaslight 1962 (2005), a single CD release including ten songs from early Dylan performances at the club, was released by Izzy Young and notable for being a musicians' gathering place and center of the New York folk-music scene. Also nearby was the Folklore Center, a bookstore/record store owned by Kettle of Fish, where many performers hung out between sets, includingīob Dylan. The club was next door and down the stairs from the street-level bar, the Gil Robbins worked as the club's manager in the late 1960s. Patty Smyth, and blues guitarist/performer Susan Martin until it closed in 1971. The club was run by Betty Smyth, mother of Ed Simon, the owner of The Four Winds, reopened the Gaslight in 1968. Moyant's father-in-law, Clarence Hood, and his son, Sam, managed the club through the late 1960s. Opened in 1958 by John Mitchell, the Gaslight showcasedįolk-music club. The Gaslight was originally a "basket house" where unpaid performers would pass around a basket at the end of each set and hope to be paid. Also known as The Village Gaslight, it opened in 1958 and became notable as a venue forįolk music and other musical acts. They serve "perfectly sized, housemade burgers-not too big but not too small-which are also some of the city’s tastiest," according to New York Magazine.New York.

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Located at 45 E 18th Street, the tavern is full of old New York charm with a marble and mahogany bar, tin ceiling, and even a dumbwaiter for transporting food from the upstairs kitchen. Joel's favorite bar-where his close friends know they can call and likely find him-is portrayed by Old Town Bar & Restaurant in New York City. Mark’s Place in the East Village, according to Lonely Planet.

Since it closed its doors in 1971, the exterior of the cafe and the street it's on are portrayed by St. Opened in the late 1950s, it started as a poetry hotspot and later became a music scene hub-with frequenters including Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix. The Gaslight Cafe was a real coffeehouse in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan.

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New York Daily News Archive // Getty Images The Gaslight Cafe in the show is based on a former café of the same name, seen here circa 1961.