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Quotation of the Day for September 1, 2016"I had worked out the basics of fingerpicking and became a regular at Washington Square Park. That was the golden age for that particular scene, because a whole new generation of us was coming in but it had not gotten so big that it was out of hand. The regular Sunday musical get-togethers had actually started sometime in the mid-1940s when a few friends took to meeting in the park for loose song sessions. These had grown until the police began taking notice and there were all sorts of arguments, leading eventually to an inner core of musicians arranging to get regular permits. Naturally, a lot of us despised the idea of needing an official permit, but it did have one advantage: the rule was that everyone was allowed to sing and play from two to five as long as they had no drums, and that kept out the bongo players. The Village had bongo players up the wazoo, and they would have loved to sit in, and we hated them. So that was some consolation." - Dave Van Ronk, musician, in his memoir The Mayor of MacDougal Street. Submitted by: Terry Labach Aug. 29, 2016  |
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