Erik Jacobsen Meets Bob Dylan & Albert Grossman | The Village Folk Boom Ep 2

Описание: In Episode 2 of this exclusive 7-part docuseries chronicling the career of Erik Jacobsen, music producer and publisher behind acts like The Lovin’ Spoonful and Tim Hardin, Norman Greenbaum, and Chris Isaak, we follow his early days forming his bluegrass band the Knoblick Upper 10,000.

From college jam sessions at Oberlin to Washington Square Park gigs with his band that caught the eye of manager Albert Grossman, this chapter dives deep into the Greenwich Village folk scene of the 1960s. Erik recounts untold stories about sharing stages with performers like Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Ian and Sylvia, Muddy Waters, and Cass Elliot, while navigating a whirlwind of folk club tours at venues like The Gaslight Café, Café Wha?, and Gerdes Folk City.

From jamming on the Hootenanny tour bus to late-night acid trips with drugs purchased at an Alpert and Leary lecture, Erik’s behind-the-scenes storytelling offers a look into the heart of 60s counterculture, the folk revival, and the rise of psychedelic music.

In This Episode:
-Forming the Knoblick Upper 10,000
-Playing the Bitter End, Gaslight Café, and more
-Meeting the manager Albert Grossman, Quincy Jones, Bob Dylan, and many others
-Touring with the Modern Folk Quartet and Bessie Griffin and the Gospel Pearls
-Recording two albums for Mercury Records. The release of their single “Rocky Mountain Water”
-The Beatles takeover and Erik gives up on the “Knoblick Upper Ten Thousand” which was the end of the band

Timecodes:
00:00 – Starting the Band & New York Beginnings
01:45 – Greenwich Village Days & Changing Lineups
03:15 – Musical Friendships & Recording the First Album
04:45 – Tour Life, Stories from the Road & Personal Encounters
06:30 – The Hootenanny Tour, Psychedelics & The End of the Band

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