TY - BOOK AU - Hoskyns,Barney TI - Small town talk: Bob Dylan, the Band, Van Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix & friends in the wild years of Woodstock SN - 9780306823206 PY - 2016///] CY - Boston, MA PB - Da Capo Press KW - Grossman, Albert. KW - Rock music KW - New York (State) KW - Woodstock KW - History and criticism KW - Rock musicians KW - Woodstock (N.Y.) KW - History N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The uneasy alliance -- Folk songs of the Catskills -- Inside Albert Grossman -- "The greatest place" -- Boy in the bubble -- Something is happening -- Hundred and forty dollar bash -- Frankie and Judas -- Something to feel -- Paint my mailbox blue -- Everybody's apple pie -- Combination of the two -- Brand new days -- Some way out of here -- Back to the garden -- He's not here -- Oh Lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz -- If you build it -- The shape they're in -- Music among friends -- The ballad of Todd and Albert -- "Creativity and ferment" -- In a good place now -- "Dope, music, and beauty" -- A hermit, a true star -- Tuesday night fever -- Forbidden fruit -- Broken heart -- Epilogue: "how does that old song go?" -- Coda: didn't he ramble -- Take your pleasure: 25 timeless tracks N2 - The town of Woodstock, New York, the original planned venue of the 1969 concert, is over 60 miles from the actual site. And Woodstock was a key location in the rock landscape even before Bob Dylan holed up there after his infamous 1966 motorcycle accident. Hoskyns re-creates Woodstock's community of brilliant dysfunctional musicians, scheming dealers, and opportunistic hippie capitalists drawn to the area by Dylan and his sidekicks from the Band ER -