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Bob DYLAN'S NYC: Walk Through Greenwich Village 15 Must Visit New York Places

Jun 07, 2021
Hey guys, today we're in Greenwich Village and we're doing a special

walk

ing tour. We will

visit

all the

places

associated with Bob Dylan, such as seeing where he used to live, where he hung out and where he got inspiration for some of his songs. so it will be very fun, very good, so this is our first stop on our tour. We're across from the White Horse Tavern on the corner of Hudson Street and West 11th and this bar is historic, it's been in business since 1880 and it's actually one of the few remaining wooden structures in New York City and one of The things that make this bar very famous and in addition to being open forever is that it was frequented by the British poet Dylan Thomas and in fact it was the last place where he drank before he died in 1953 and the interesting thing about Bob Dylan is that he doesn't He only came here with his girlfriend Rotolo and listened to rebellious Irish songs, but he took his stage name Bob Dylan after Dylan Thomas, so yeah, I think it's really cool and it's a great place to

visit

.
bob dylan s nyc walk through greenwich village 15 must visit new york places
It has much of its original interior. We can't go in now because there is only outdoor seating available at this time. The Lucille Lortel theater on Christopher Street next to Bedford was called Theater Dealy and in 1963 Bob Dylan saw the Breck Threepenny Opera and was really inspired by the song Pirate Jenny and started experimenting with his own music and that led to him writing the songs The Times are A-changin Mr. Tambourine Man and now it's going to rain, we are in front of a Sheridan plaza where Bob Dylan, when he came to New York, lived briefly on the fourth floor with the den mother, Mickey Isaacson, and one more floor Below is where Suze Rotolo's mother lived. and that's how he crossed paths with Suze Rotolo and started dating her, so we discovered something really cool: not only did Bob Dylan live in this building, but it was also the site of Cafe Society, which was the first non-segregated club that was founded in American history and was founded in 1938 and in fact in 1944 Billy Holladay debuted in the heart playing strange fruits right here mr.
bob dylan s nyc walk through greenwich village 15 must visit new york places

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Well, now we're on Jones Street, which is a very small street between West 4th and Bleecker and if you're a Bob Dylan fan, you'll recognize it right away because this is the place where Bob Dylan was with his girlfriend Susan Tolo. and I photographed Bob Dylan's album cover freewheelin was here looking this way. I want to show you the album cover right there, Bob Dylan by freewheelin. By the way, you can watch our video of when we

walk

ed into this record store called disco. runner, I'm going to put the link up there, you know the important thing about something obvious I didn't mention about you buying Bob Dylan, the fact that this picture sucks, it was right outside the store so we got a bunch of You know many tourists who come here just to take pictures outside and then cut them up and then buy this record, of course, music on West 4th Street was founded in 1958 and specializes in musical instruments from all over the world and they have special features. instruments like the ginger ado and the zip and it's a really cool place, it goes from floor to ceiling, the musical instruments work and Bob Dylan was a customer here because he lived just a few doors down the street, now we're going to show you where it is this. one six one West 4th Street where Bob Dylan lived and wrote positively 4th Street how cool now we're in front of Matt umaña guitars well what were you Matt you Murdoch guitars on Bleecker Street right next to Morton and this famous guitar shop was founded in 1965 and Bob Dylan used to come and, you know, buy some guitars here and just try out some guitars and in fact the owner Matt Newman told us a great story about one day a kid had come in and he was, you know? , he just picked up a guitar that I'm not used to letting customers come in and play it like maybe and try them out before they buy one, so the kid came in and started playing the guitar and Matt said, "You know, It really wasn't very good" and he was almost ready to like just the language, okay, you know, you've had enough.
bob dylan s nyc walk through greenwich village 15 must visit new york places
I get emotional trying to move on, but just then Bob Dylan came in and picked up a guitar and started playing with the kids and then Bob Dylan laughs and finally takes the kid and that was it and then a week or two later , the boy comes back and says it's about me, mouth, oh, you won't believe it, you won't believe it, I'm so excited. I just saw, you know, play at Washington Square Park and it's like, Oh my God, you like it. I can't believe it because you didn't even realize, you didn't even realize that one of the most famous musicians was playing right there. next to you last week and you were excited about this nobody you saw in Washington Square Park, so we thought it was a really cool story.
bob dylan s nyc walk through greenwich village 15 must visit new york places
He could also tell us that he sold a vintage Stratocaster that once belonged to Dylan for seventy-five. thousand dollars from this store, so now we are in the back of 105 MacDougal Street, we are actually on Minetta Street, in front of Panchito's Mexican Restaurant, before it was Panchito's, it was a cafe called Commons and according to the late singer folk. David Bloo, he and Bob Dylan were having coffee at the Commons when Dylan started scribbling and strumming, so I guess the song that would eventually become the wind, so it's a really cool story and yeah, we wanted to show you this little one great street now. across from Café Wha, right on the corner of mcdougal and vanilla lien, and Café Wha is the first place where Robert Zimmerman, which is like Bob Dylan's real name when he first came to New York City, and the The first place he went was Café Wha.
That was on January 23, 1961 when inside he met the emcee who was there because it was like a cafeteria and performance space and he met the MC and the emcee asked him, hey, what are you doing? ? He said, oh, I play the guitar and I sing and I play the harmonica and he said, "Okay, play me something," so he played his harmonica and that was it. They hired him to play on his harmonica and then he met the owner of the club, Manny Roth, and he started playing there in the afternoons. well then the Reggie L Cafe was established on MacDougal Street by West Third it has been in business since 1927.
It is said that Bob Dylan visited this cafe many times, we highlight the Reggio cafe and it is credited with being the first place in the United States United serving espresso. In our street food and bio tour video, check it out at the link above. Now we are in front of 1/16 MacDougal Street and in this basement was The Gaslight café, where Bob Dylan, as you know, performed at the beginning of his career. yeah, a live album at The Gaslight cafe 1962, now we're in front of 110 MacDougal Street, which was the center of folklore and it was like a bookstore and music and it was the center, the epicenter really of the folk music scene and Dylan spent a lot of time.
The weather here is very influential. It was at the folklore center where the young owner introduced Bob Dylan to Davon Rock, who organized his first concert at Carnegie Hall. We are standing in front of number five and eight Bleecker Street, which was Village Gate. The theater and I featured a lot of controversial and talented memes, jazz, theater, comedy and folk music, and in 1962 Dylan lived with a chipmunk in the basement of this building and this is where he worked in a heavy rain. I bought it now. We are across from 147 Bleecker Street in The Bitter End which was a coffee house and folk music venue that started in 1961 and in the 1970s Bob Dylan spent time here and started Rolling Thunder magazine and also spent time here when he recorded .
Bob Dylan bought his wish album and moved into this house at 94 MacDougal Street in 1969 with his wife and children. His move with his family from Woodstock to MacDougal Street was really surprising because these streets were always busy and filled with many towers, as you can see below. Being bothered by a neighbor and fans who constantly invaded his privacy, he moved to Malibu, California. Thank you so much for watching, hit the subscribe button and notification bell, please like our video and share it if you liked it, you may also enjoy watching some of our other videos highlighting unique

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