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Folkniks, Tub Thumpers and Crabgrassers

While Greenwich Village in New York City was turning the folk revival of the 1950s into the boom of the '60s, across the country, California was planting the seeds of its own unique and vibrant scene. With the Bay Area's legendary counterculture as a backdrop, the clubs, performance halls, radio programs and record companies provided a solid foundation for a kaleidoscopic array of musicians.

The Berkeley Folk Music Festival became one of the foremost events of its kind and numerous local coffeehouses hosted nationally touring musicians. Janis Joplin, members of the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, and Country Joe & The Fish all played in folk groups before they plugged in to make San Francisco the nation's psychedelic rock capital.

While Holly Near celebrated the human spirit through music and Kate Wolf sang her timeless love songs, Laurie Lewis, Suzy Thompson and Molly Tuttle led the way in preserving bluegrass and country traditions. Just north of the city, mandolinist David Grisman created a fusion of bluegrass and jazz that inspired other adventurous artists to bring their own brands of new acoustic music to the world.

Join author Peter Alan Lesser as he explores the boom, bust, and rebound of Bay Area folk music right through to the 21st century.