47 Mount Auburn,, which opened in 1958, was a coffee house located just around the corner from my entry of Adams House. The club would become increasingly famous with time, eventually becoming more important for folk singers than similar spots in New York. An up and coming Bob Dylan sang there between acts, Bruce Springsteen was refused a gig there, Bonnie Rait hung out there, and Muddy Waters attracted the Cambridge police who, according to one account, “couldn’t believe that the loud music could be coming from a place that only plays ‘folk’ music.
Joan Baez at 47 Mt.Auburn (which also featured singers like Tom Rush and Bob Dylan
I have a recording of part of Joan Baez' first radio appearance on WHRB. So new she was that the host couldn't quite get her name right. Here's the clip.
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