Roger McGuinn (the
Byrds)
John Sebastian (the Lovin'
Spoonful)
Donovan
Judy Collins
Denny Doherty (the Mamas
& the Papas)
Chris Hillman (the
Byrds/the
Flying Burrito Brothers)
Richie Furay (Buffalo
Springfield/Poco)
Jac Holzman (founder and
president of Elektra Records)
Arlo Guthrie
Janis Ian
Pete Seeger
Iain Matthews (Fairport
Convention)
Peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul
& Mary)
Sylvia Tyson (of Ian &
Sylvia)
Robin Williamson (the
Incredible
String Band)
Bob Johnston (producer Bob
Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Leonard Cohen, Dino Valenti)
Joe Boyd (producer
Fairport
Convention/Nick Drake/Sandy Denny/Incredible String Band)
Erik Jacobsen (producer
Lovin' Spoonful, Tim Hardin, the Charlatans)
Manfred Mann (discussing
his covers of Bob Dylan material)
Barry McGuire
Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson
Airplane)
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Lou Adler (producer the
Mamas & the Papas/Barry McGuire)
Tim Rose
Tom Paxton
Tom Rush
Bruce Langhorne (guitarist
sideman to Bob Dylan, Fred Neil, Richard & Mimi Farina, Richie
Havens,
Gordon Lightfoot, Tom Rush, Carolyn Hester, Buffy St. Marie)
Jim Dickson
(producer/manager
the Byrds/the Dillards/Hamilton Camp/the Flying Burrito Brothers)
Ashley Hutchings (Fairport
Convention)
Simon Nicol (Fairport
Convention)
Dave Pegg (Fairport
Convention)
John McNally (Searchers)
Sal Valentino (Beau
Brummels)
Ron Elliott (Beau Brummels)
Eric Andersen
Howard Kaylan (Turtles)
John McEuen (Nitty Gritty
Dirt Band)
Rodney Dillard (the
Dillards)
Dean Webb (the Dillards)
Ed Sanders (Fugs)
Tuli Kupferberg (Fugs)
Peter Stampfel (Holy Modal
Rounders)
Mimi Fariña
Carolyn Hester
John Renbourn (the
Pentangle)
Danny Thompson (Pentangle
bassist and sideman to many British folk-rockers)
Dave Cousins (the Strawbs)
Shel Talmy (producer the
Pentangle and Roy Harper)
Judy Henske
Bob Lind
John Steel (the Animals)
Jerry Jeff Walker
Michael Ochs (Phil Ochs
manager)
Cyrus Faryar
Jerry Yester
Larry Beckett (songwriting
partner of Tim Buckley)
Jim Pons (the Leaves, the
Turtles)
Dan Hicks (the Charlatans,
Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks)
Al Kooper
Larry Murray (Hearts &
Flowers)
Banana Levinger (the
Youngbloods)
Steve Boone (the Lovin'
Spoonful)
Jim Messina (Buffalo
Springfield,
Poco)
John Forsha (sideman Fred
Neil/Tim Buckley)
Gary Marker (the Rising
Sons)
Jesse Kincaid (the Rising
Sons)
Chester Crill
(Kaleidoscope)
Chris Darrow (Kaleidoscope)
Billy James (early
publicist
and/or manager Byrds, Jackson Browne, Pamela Polland/Gentle Soul, Gene
Clark, the Rising Sons)
Arthur Gorson (manager
Phil
Ochs/Tom Rush/David Blue/Jim & Jean)
Howard Solomon (owner Cafe
Au Go Go in New York, manager Fred Neil)
Art D'Lugoff (owner
Village
Gate in New York City), Joe Marra (owner Nite Owl cafe in NYC)
Happy Traum
Pamela Polland (Gentle
Soul,
early associate Browne/Buckley/Noonan)
Carol Kaye (top L.A. '60s
session bassist, played many folk-rock dates)
Peter Albin (Big
Brother
& the Holding Company)
Barry Melton (Country Joe
& the Fish)
David Freiberg
(Quicksilver
Messenger Service)
Peter Asher (Peter &
Gordon, producer Linda Ronstadt & James Taylor)
Gordon Waller (Peter &
Gordon)
Tom Rapp (Pearls Before
Swine)
Georg Kajanus (Eclection)
Mary McCaslin
Irwin Silber (editor Sing
Out! Magazine)
Paul Williams (Crawdaddy
founder and critic, not the singer)
Paul Nelson (critic for
Sing
Out/Little Sandy Review/Rolling Stone)
Izzy Young (proprietor of
the Folklore Center in Greenwich Village, columnist for Sing Out
)
Andrew Oldham
(manager/producer
the Rolling Stones/Marianne Faithfull/the Poets)
Frank Werber
(producer/manager
the Kingston Trio/the We Five/Blackburn & Snow)
Anna Chairetakis (head of
Alan Lomax Archive and daughter of Alan Lomax)
Kenny Edwards (Linda
Ronstadt
& the Stone Poneys)
Ian Anderson (editor of
Folk
Roots magazine)
Andrew Means (journalist,
Melody
Maker)
Shawn Phillips
Geoff Muldaur
Barry Tashian (about
associations
with Richard & Mimi Fariña and Gram Parsons)
Bernie Taupin (lyricist,
Elton John)
Sherry Snow (of Blackburn
& Snow)
Charlie McCoy (Bob Dylan
session musician)
D.A. Pennebaker (director
of Bob Dylan concert film Don't Look Back and Monterey Pop
)
Murray Lerner (director
of Festival film with footage from 1963-66 Newport Folk
Festivals,
including a clip from Bob Dylan's first electric rock concert)
Barry Friedman aka Frazier
Mohawk (producer Kaleidoscope/the Holy Modal Rounders/Paul
Butterfield)Gene
Parsons (the Byrds, Nashville West)
Richard Scott (the Blue
Things)
Steve Lalor (the Daily
Flash)
Sam Lay (the Paul
Butterfield
Blues Band)
John Simon (producer, the
Band, Leonard Cohen, Gordon Lightfoot)
Joshua Rifkin (arranger,
Judy Collins)
Elliot Mazer (producer
Gordon
Lightfoot, Ian & Sylvia, Linda Ronstadt, Richie Havens, Jerry Jeff
Walker)
Mac MacLeod (early Donovan
associate)
Vern Gosdin (the Gosdin
Brothers, the Hillmen)
ED Denson (Country Joe
&
the Fish manager)
Gary Duncan (Quicksilver
Messenger Service, Dino Valenti associate)
Bruce Botnick (Elektra
Records
engineer/producer)
David Rubinson (Columbia
producer)
David Anderle (producer,
Judy Collins, David Ackles)
Bernard Stollman (owner
ESP Records)
Nat Joseph (founder,
Transatlantic
Records)
Roy Halee
(engineer/producer,
Simon & Garfunkel)
Jerry Schoenbaum
(executive,
Verve/Folkways and Verve/Forecast Records)
John Wood (engineer,
Fairport
Convention/Nick Drake/the Incredible String Band)
Steve Young
Steve Gillette
Hamilton Camp
Shirley Collins
Merrell Fankhauser
(Fapardokly,
HMS Bounty)
Mick Moloney (the
Johnstons)
Corky Siegel
(Siegel-Schwall
Band, about early demos with Joni Mitchell)
Morgan Cavett (proprietor
New Balladeer coffeehouse in Los Angeles, mid-1960s)
Trini Lopez
Jim Yester (the
Association)
Rick Turner (guitarist for
Ian & Sylvia, Autosalvage)
Ken Koblun (the
Squires/3's
a Crowd)
Gerry Conway
(Eclection/Fotheringay)
Jerry Donahue (Fotheringay)
Stefan Grossman
Bob Siggins (Charles River
Valley Boys)
Roy Marinell (the Gentle
Soul)
Tom Campbell
Phil Elwood (San Francisco
music journalist)
Tony Thompson (the Rising
Storm)
Marc Silber (Children of
Paradise)
Maury Manseau (the
Sunshine
Company)
Duffy Power
Moondog
Andy Ellison (about early
T. Rex)
John Ware (Linda Ronstadt,
Michael Nesmith & the First National Band)
Linda Perhacs
Don Glut (the Penny Arkade)
Dick Weissman
Dick Campbell
Gene Shay (folk radio
program
host, WHAT and WDAS in Philadelphia)
Joel Bernstein
(photographer
Joni Mitchell, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; guitar technician,
Joni
Mitchell; archivist Joni Mitchell and Neil Young)
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