By the time we got to Woodstock2009

From the coffeehouses of Greenwich Village to the stage of Woodstock, folksingers became a powerful cultural force in the 1960s, Mixing music and politics, tradition and innovation, romance and righteousness, these men and women were outspoken voices for their generation, each with a story to tell. In The Bleecker Street Tapes, a collection of intimate profiles and essays, veteran music journalist Bruce Pollock, a Village resident and clubgoer during its heyday, documents folk music's evolution from passing the hat to topping the charts.•Dave Van Ronk•Phil Ochs•Richie Havens•Tuli Kupferberg•Melanie•Buffy Sainte-Marie•Eric Andersen•Peter, Paul & Mary•Roger McGuinn•John Sebastian•Peter Tork•Maria Muldaur•Loudon Wainwright III•Janis Ian•The Roches•Harry Chapin•Suzanne Vega•Don McLean•Leonard Cohen