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  3 0 Good lord, there are dozens. The one you want, though is "Positively 4th Street" by David Hadju, which looks at the lives of Joan and her sister Mimi, Mimi's husband Richard Fariña, and Joan's boyfriend Bob. I'm not sure how much peace, love and flowers you're going to find there, though; those hippies were out on the West Coast, half a decade later. Another definite must-read is Dave Van Ronk's "The Mayor of MacDougal Street". Van Ronk was in the thick of the folk scene since forever and shockingly actually remembers what happened. "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" is about Judy Collins, not Baez. Collins is also the one who went with Stacy Keach. If you want to know more about the CSN&Y scene, and all other other drug addicts and weirdos, you should check out "Hotel California: The True-Life Adventures of Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young, Mitchell, Taylor, Browne, Ronstadt, Geffen, the Eagles, and Their Many Friends" by Barney Hoskyns. Also, David Crosby's autobiographies are very entertaining, especially when he's driving around freebasing, his chest covered with small burns from burning rocks landing on him, carrying a propane torch everywhere he goes. That's getting pretty far afield from Greenwich Village, though. Fnarf answered in Arts & Music about 1 year ago | Report 3 comments by Mahtli69, "Cagey", and Fnarf… 0 0 That's quite a list. Now that I've seen it, I should probably get a penicillin shot, just in case. Mahtli69 commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 D'OH! I stand corrected on Judy Collins. I should have known better, Fnarf. Thank you. I will check out those books. "Cagey" commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 I think they're all at the SPL. There are others too but I wouldn't want to overwhelm you. After you finish those, start on Gram Parsons, who started out as a folkie but went country, joined The Byrds, and couldn't stand up for most of his short life, he was so wasted. Actually, the book I would recommend above all of these, even though it's about a different subject, is "The Nearest Faraway Place: Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys, and the California Experience". Absolutely stunning book. Fnarf commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 I'll check in with a very enthusiastic seconding of The Mayor of Macdougal Street--it's a wonderful book. Also, bit of self promotion, but my play that I was asking for feedback on in another thread is about Bob, Joan, and Dave (amongst others) if any of you are interested in reading it. Colin Killick answered in Arts & Music about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 Redacted. That is *twice* tonight I have chimed in late with a redundant answer. Time for a self-imposed timeout. capicola answered in Arts & Music about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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