Folk music and Yorkville CoffeehousesMain MenuYorkville and the Coffee HousesSo what is a coffee house?What was Folk Revival Music?Yorkville and the Folk Revival in TorontoThe Penny FarthingThe RiverboatIntroThe Mynah BirdSources ConsultedProject InformationThe FlickIntroduction to The Flick coffeehouseThe Purple OnionBrief introduction to The Purple Onion coffee houseStacy Allison-Cassin4ad8166de9c8253ed5763d518324395da4eabf92York University Libraries
12017-03-22T08:21:10-07:00Stacy Allison-Cassin4ad8166de9c8253ed5763d518324395da4eabf92Folk singers on the steps of the Penny Farthing Coffehouse3Image of seven musicians posing on the stoop of the Penny Farthing coffee house in Yorkville. The frontmost man holds onto a guitar case.media/yul-92714_Medium_sized_JPEG.jpgplain2017-03-22T08:27:14-07:00Toronto Telegram18 March 1965This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from: ascproj@yorku.caClara Thomas Archives and Special Collections, York UniversityWard2011-03-25Toronto1965-04-22Stacy Allison-Cassin4ad8166de9c8253ed5763d518324395da4eabf92
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12017-03-17T12:19:05-07:00The Penny Farthing Playlist5plain2017-03-17T12:30:19-07:00BOTH SIDES NOW - JONI MITCHELL: Some say the first time she played it was in Winnipeg at a coffee house performance attended by Neil Young. Some say it was The Riverboat. Regardless, this is one of Mitchell's most famous and earliest songs that she would have performed both in the "Dungeon" and the main stage of the Penny Farthing.
SUZANNE - LEONARD COHEN: Unfortunately, the Stormy Clovers edition is not on Spotify (and is on YouTube instead) but this is the Cohen penned song sung by the man himself.
GOING TO THE COUNTRY - BRUCE COCKBURN: One of the earliest written songs by Cockburn that he would have played in the coffee house circuit. It was included on his first self titled album in 1970.
SOME DAY BABY - LONNIE JOHNSON: One of the most popular songs by a man who after frequenting the Penny Farthing would open his own coffee house called Home of the Blues which was a financial failure because people did not want a coffee house that catered to solely jazz and the blues.
WHEN YOUR LOVER HAS GONE - OSCAR PETERSON: A stellar track by this Canadian who is considered to be one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time. Ben Webster makes an appearance on saxophone.
CA-NA-DA 1967 - JIM MCHARG'S METRO STOMPERS: A jazz song dedicated to Canada from The Penny Farthing's house band. Available on YouTube.
