Sunday’s event is a benefit for Seva.Īs emcee and guest of honor, Wavy will have some of the region’s best-loved bands to introduce at his slightly belated birthday celebration: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Steve Kimock and Friends, the California Honeydrops and Hot Buttered Rum. While the 1960s dream of universal peace and love hasn’t necessarily come true, Wavy remains optimistic about the future, working at Camp Winnarainbow with children and grandchildren of past campers. “We’re not trying to create great circus stars, but universal human beings prepared for life in the 21st century,” he said. “We’re teaching them how to duck, with a sense of humor.”Īs for his own personal goals, his terms are even simpler. “I’ll be 100 years old.An earlier club, The Cock and Bull, operated on the same premises with the same format, in the late 1950s. The poet and comedian Hugh Romney (who later became known as Wavy Gravy) read there. The Bitter End was originally a coffeeshop. According to The New York Times, "The Bitter End, which opened in 1961, considers itself to be New York’s oldest rock club and built a legendary reputation after showcasing young performers like Joni Mitchell and James Taylor and comedians like Woody Allen and Billy Crystal." At the club, Bob Dylan played pool, watched performances, and occasionally performed circa 1961. ĭuring the early 1960s, the club hosted folk music " hootenannies" every Tuesday night, featuring many performers who have since become legendary. During its heyday The Bitter End showcased a wide range of talented and legendary musicians, comedians, and theatrical performers. In 1968 Paul Colby (1917–2014), who began his career as a song plugger for Benny Goodman’s publishing company, and went on to work for Frank Sinatra, Duke Ellington, and Guy Lombardo, became the manager and booking agent at The Bitter End, and in 1974 he purchased it. He purchased it about a decade after he began managing the club. He had two partners in the club, Paul Rizzo and Ken Gorka. Gorka was an original member of New Jersey band The Critters.Īccording to Colby, James Taylor bombed when he played the club in 1969, and Neil Young also bombed at the club.Ī tribute concert was held for Colby after his death. In the mid 1970s, the club became known as the birthplace of Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue, which featured such names as Joni Mitchell, Roger McGuinn, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, Joan Baez, T-Bone Burnett, Ronee Blakely, Mick Ronson, and many other guest stars.
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