MY GREENWICH VILLAGE: Dave, Bob and Me By Terri Thal, Published by McNidder & Grace
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MY GREENWICH VILLAGE: Dave, Bob and Me
By Terri Thal, Published by McNidder & Grace
Terri Thal was very much part of the folk music world in 1960s Greenwich Village. Few people
know that she was 21-year-old Bob Dylan’s first manager prior to his contracts with Albert
Grossman and Columbia Records. She also managed musician Dave Van Ronk (then her
husband) and others, including Maggie and Terre Roche and The Holy Modal Rounders. She
tells us about this in her new book, My Greenwich Village: Dave, Bob and Me, published by
McNidder & Grace.
Terri Thal has two passions: folk music and social justice. Her book is a personal story of the
world of folk music in 1960s New York, written by a Jewish woman from Brooklyn who,
although not a musician, was an intrinsic part of this scene. Terri describes Greenwich Village as
a community that was supportive, musically exciting, and one in which people had fun. She tells
us what it was like to hang out in the Village coffee houses, to host folk singers like Tom Paxton
and Phil Ochs, who spent evenings at her apartment, and to be a manager. We hear her views of
the “old-left” socialist organizations she was close to or joined.
Terri later merged her social justice work with her professional work in not-for-profit agencies,
handling public relations and fundraising, then as executive director. She’s retired now, but
continues to do some writing and grant writing for not-for-profits, and does environmental and
criminal justice reform work as a volunteer. Terri is an avid reader, writer and editor.
Greil Marcus has described Thal’s book as having “…a voice so full of vehemence it makes
everything interesting.” (Substack, September 18, 2023)
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US Publication Date
5 October 2023
Hardback $32.95
ISBN 9780857162489
EBOOK
ISBN 9780857162496
FORMAT
240x162mm
EXTENT
232 Pages
ILLUSTRATIONS
16pp colour plate section
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