<b>In this collection of intimate interviews profiles and essays from Phil Ochs to Leonard Cohen veteran music journalist Bruce Pollock a Greenwich Village resident and clubgoer during its heyday documents folk music's evolution from passing the hat to topping the charts.</b><br><br>From the coffeehouses of Greenwich Village to the stage of Woodstock folksingers became a powerful cultural force in the 1960s. Mixing music and politics tradition and innovation romance and righteousness these men and women were outspoken voices for their generation each with a story to tell.