THE FESTIVAL SONGBOOK
Half photography book, half songbook. Lots of black and white shots taken of both performers and celebrants, from various folk and hippie festivals of the late sixties and early '70s, including Dylan, Miles Davis, Santana, Joplin, and many others. The second portion is a collection of blues and folk songs, by the likes of Dylan, Jefferson Airplane, Woodie Guthrie, Otis Redding, , Leonard Cohen, Kris Kristofferson, Donovan, Doc Watson etc., printed on cream colored paper stock. Some text and reminiscences of festivals.
The Bob Dylan song is Talking Folklore
Center, never recorded, probably written at Izzy Young's request.
- PHOTOGRAPHS BY DAVID GAHR, TEXT BY PAUL NELSON AND TONY GLOVER. Amsco
Music Publishing Comp., N.Y., 1973, 159 pages, 24 songs. ISBN 978-0825626555.