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March 1, 2021 8:04 am  #1


Would a museum of Yorkville's musical past still strike a chord?

The age of flower power had barely dawned, but the poetry and songs that defined a generation of protest and counter-culture were already thriving in Yorkville in the early 1960s.
Coffee houses and jazz clubs with names like the Riverboat, Penny Farthing and Purple Onion were packing in the beatniks and university kids eager for the folk tunes of Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell (who was still Joni Anderson then), Buffy Ste. Marie, Carly Simon and Neil Young.
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March 2, 2021 12:10 pm  #2


Re: Would a museum of Yorkville's musical past still strike a chord?

A little trivia from the era:    Riverboat owner Bernie Fiedler was pressured by the agent of bluesmen Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (who he wanted to book) to also accept a one-week engagement with a largely unknown folk duo called Simon & Garfunkel.    In order to get Terry & McGhee, Fiedler agreed.    As the week for S. & G.'s week approached, their singles Sounds of Silence and Homeward Bound shot up the charts.  Suddenly they wanted out of their Riverboat commitment.   Fiedler held firm.    A compromise was reached, and Simon & Garfunkel performed a single legendary concert in the 117-seat club on March 29, 1966, at a time when they were filling large concert halls in other North American cities.  Fiedler reaped a publicity bonanza.  

 

March 3, 2021 9:46 am  #3


Re: Would a museum of Yorkville's musical past still strike a chord?

Lorne wrote:

The age of flower power had barely dawned, but the poetry and songs that defined a generation of protest and counter-culture were already thriving in Yorkville in the early 1960s.
Coffee houses and jazz clubs with names like the Riverboat, Penny Farthing and Purple Onion were packing in the beatniks and university kids eager for the folk tunes of Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell (who was still Joni Anderson then), Buffy Ste. Marie, Carly Simon and Neil Young.
https://outline.com/jdAC6r

When it's open, I usually make it out a couple of times to The Pilot Tavern, which has been at two Yorkville locations since 1944. Scarfing down a dozen wings and a draught, while listening to Neil Young sing Sugar Mountain on the restaurant's audio system, is enough of a Yorkville nostalgia trip for me.
 

 

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