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Daytrippin' is pleased to announce a new walking tour in New York City featuring Bob Dylan. The Freewheelin' Greenwich Village Walking Tour of Bob Dylan Sights traces Bob Dylan's footsteps in the early days of his career where he became part of the folk movement and made a name for himself. Visit residences, cafes and famous landmarks significant in Dylan's career and personal life including: * Cafe Wha * Village Vanguard * "Positively 4th Street" * The Bitter End * Former Gaslight cafe * Hotel Earle * White Horse Tavern * Freewheelin' Album Cover Site * Electric Lady Studios * and much more!! Visit the places where Robert Zimmerman transformed himself into Bob Dylan! You will learn about the people and places that influenced a young Bob Dylan when he first came to New York back in the early sixties. This 2 hour walking tour is a must for every Dylan fan as well as anyone interested in Greenwich Village. Plus we'll have trivia questions and prizes along the way, so plan on spending a few hours with us on your next visit to NYC! For reservations, tour dates and meeting place visit http://www.rockandrolltours.com or call us toll-free at 1-877-346-2133? ------ Starbucks Releases CD of Dylan Bootlegs Starbucks Coffee Co. has released an exclusive CD of 10 Dylan recordings from New York's Gaslight Cafe in 1962, when he was just finding himself as a songwriter. The Gaslight, in Greenwich Village, was a focal point of the folk revival in the early '60s. "Bob Dylan: Live at the Gaslight 1962" includes the earliest known recordings of "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" and "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right," as well as folk standards "Barbara Allen" and "The Cuckoo." Fans have circulated bootlegs of Dylan's Gaslight performances over the years, but these are the first to be professionally produced and remastered. For more info on Bob Dylan, visit http://www.rockandrolltours.com/bobdylan.htm ------- TV ALERT: PBS TAKES A TRIP BACK TO THE TURBULENT ROCKING SIXTIES FROM SEPTEMBER 26th to 29th Special Week of Programming Includes Five Documentaries and Biographies featuring THe Beatles, Bob Dylan and more? PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS AMERICAN MASTERS "No Direction Home: Bob Dylan" Monday, September 26, 9:00-10:30 p.m. ET and Tuesday, September 27, 9:00-11:00 p.m. ET This exclusive biography of the man who helped define a generation is directed by a great American storyteller, Martin Scorsese. The two-part film focuses on the singer-songwriter's life and music from 1961-66 and features previously unreleased footage from Dylan's groundbreaking live concerts, studio recording sessions, outtakes and interviews with Allen Ginsberg, Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Maria Muldaur, Dave Van Ronk and many others. For the first time on camera, Dylan talks openly and extensively about this critical period in his career, detailing the journey from his birthplace in Hibbing, Minnesota, to Greenwich Village, New York, where he became the a critical part of a musical and cultural upheaval whose effects are still felt today. ? ANTIQUES ROADSHOW "Tomorrow's Antiques" Monday, September 26, 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET It's a blast from the not-so-distant past when ANTIQUES ROADSHOW presents this nostalgia-filled special edition celebrating the rockin' 50s, psychedelic 60s and funky 70s. This vintage collection of ROADSHOW appraisals proves it's not just 100-year-old antiques that are worth collecting for fun and profit. "Tomorrow's Antiques" features such oldies but goodies as a 1955 Dodgers World Series baseball that could hit $4,000 to $6,000; a paper Campbell's Soup dress valued at a hearty $1,500; and a costume worn by Elvis Presley, appraised to the tune of $15,000 to $100,000. ? BEST OF THE BEATLES Wednesday and Thursday, September 28-29, 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET The untold story of the world's most famous band's formative years is revealed for the first time by original Beatles drummer Pete Best, as he tells of his pivotal role in forming the Beatles and his survival of a very public nightmare. Viewers learn the truth about events in Liverpool and Hamburg at the time when the band was in the vanguard of popular music, and how it all went horribly wrong for Best, just as the Fab Four grasped the golden apple. ? GET UP, STAND UP: THE STORY OF POP AND PROTEST Wednesday, September 28, 9:00-11:00 p.m. ET With its roots in the folk tradition and the union movement in the early 20th century, the idea of harnessing the power of music to convey social dissatisfaction exploded with the civil rights movement and Vietnam War protests of the 60s and propelled protest music to the heights of mainstream culture. This musical documentary chronicles this phenomenon as singer/songwriters and critics recall the history. ? THE SIXTIES: THE YEARS THAT SHAPED A GENERATION Thursday, September 29, 9:00-11:00 p.m. ET From the Vietnam War to the struggle for racial equality to the counter-culture explosion, the 1960s were a decade of change, experimentation and hope that transformed a nation. This program traces the events of one of the most turbulent and influential periods of political and cultural change in the 20th century. Prominent figures of the era, including Barbara Ehrenreich, Daniel Ellsberg, Jesse Jackson, Tom Hayden, Arlo Guthrie, Henry Kissinger, Norman Mailer, Robert McNamara, Ed Meese III and Bobby Seale, are featured in revealing interviews. http://www.pbs.org ------ September Rock and Roll Giveaway We are giving away a copy of "In Other Words: Artists Talk about Life and Work" by Anthony DeCurtis featuring interviews with Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Pete Townshend Visit http://www.rockandrolltours.com/contest.htm to enter September Beatles Giveaway! This month we are giving away THREE copies of the new book "Teenager's Guide to the Beatles" by Zane Lalani Visit http://www.daytrippin.com/Beatles_Giveaway.htm to enter ---- This message brought to you by Daytrippin' P.O. Box 114 Edgewater, NJ 07020 http://www.rockandrolltours.com |
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