Club Passim
Club Passim is a folk club in Cambridge, Massachusetts , where many musicians started their careers or performed throughout their careers.
history
In 1958 Club 47 was opened for jazz and blues music by the later director Joyce Chopra (including Criminal Intent - crime in the sights ) and Paula Kelley. The name Club 47 went back to the original address.
In the first month, the club was closed by the police, as it was forbidden to sell food and drinks alongside (blues) music in the same location. The operators circumvented the law by turning it into a private club with no entry. After the club was supposed to close one more time, this was prevented by allowing official music festivals to take place until the press and the population were on the club's side.
In 1963 the location changed, but the club kept its name until 1969. Only then was the club name changed to Passim and in 1994 to the current name. According to his own statement, the name Passim is based on the technical term Passim .
In the sixties the club took part in the folk revival and gave many new folk and folk rock bands the opportunity to perform. Thanks to various appearances by well-known and emerging bands, the club played a special role in the folk movement in Cambridge. Journalist Scott Alarik described the club as the hip / chosen club for folkies in his book on the folk-time deep community .
Today there is a music and culture school for children and young people and a restaurant under the roof of Club Passim . Betsy Siggins Schmidt, a fellow student of Joan Baez , now manages the club.
Performed musicians
Shortly after the opening in 1958, the then unknown Joan Baez performed and gave her first concert.
In 1961 the folk singer Carolyn Hester performed . When they performed, the newcomer Bob Dylan sat in the audience, who appeared in their breaks and expected a contract from it.
Muddy Waters was one of the first established blues musicians to perform the Chicago blues in the club. The police interrupted his performance because the music was too loud.
Folk singer Bill Staines mentioned his appearance at Club 47 , which he first entered early in his career in 1962, in his autobiography and described it as a club where many folk musicians began their careers in the sixties.
In the mid-sixties, the newly formed band The Lovin 'Spoonful appeared.
The Rhythm and blues singer Bonnie Raitt only wrote therefore in 1967 as a student at Radcliffe College one since the club was near. She also gave appearances here.
Other musicians who have performed at the club include Bruce Springsteen , Tom Rush , Shawn Colvin , Suzanne Vega , Peter Wolf , Taj Mahal , Judy Collins and Nanci Griffith .
literature
- Larkin, Patty et al .: Club Passim: 40 years of folk in Harvard Square . January 15, 1999. In: Deep Community: Adventures in the Modern Folk Underground, 2003
- Alarik, Scott: From Club 47 to Club Passim . In: Deep Community: Adventures in the Modern Folk Underground, 2003
- Von Schmidt, Eric: Baby, Let Me Follow You Down: The Illustrated Story of the Cambridge Folk Years, second edition . University of Massachusetts Press, 1994
- Cohen, Ronald: Rainbow Quest: The Folk Music Revival and American Society, 1940-1970 . University of Massachusetts Press, 2002
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Coordinates: 42 ° 22 ′ 16.9 ″ N , 71 ° 7 ′ 0 ″ W.