15 Vintage Photos Of Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, And Other Folk Legends From The '60s And '70s

    Caffè Lena: Inside America's Legendary Folk Music Coffeehouse shares exclusive images of and stories about the folk royalty who have played at Lena Spencer's famed Saratoga Springs coffeehouse.

    Arianna Rebolini
    by Arianna Rebolini

    BuzzFeed Staff

    1. Jackie Washington, 1960

    © Joe Alper Photo Collection LLC

    2. Hedy West, 1961

    © Joe Alper Photo Collection LLC

    3. Pete Seeger with friends at the Cline home, 1962

    © Joe Alper Photo Collection LLC

    4. Bob Dylan, 1962

    © Joe Alper Photo Collection LLC

    5. Jackie Alper, Bob Dylan, Suze Rotolo, and Guy MacKenzie, 1962

    © Joe Alper Photo Collection LLC

    6. The Freedom Singers: Charles Neblett, Bernice Johnson, Cordell Reagon, and Rutha Harris, 1963

    © Joe Alper Photo Collection LLC

    7. Mississippi John Hurt, 1964

    © Joe Alper Photo Collection LLC

    8. Pete Seeger, 1965

    © Joe Alper Photo Collection LLC

    9. Lena Spencer and Spalding Gray, 1965

    © Joe Alper Photo Collection LLC

    10. Loudon Wainwright III, 1970s

    Photo by Michael L Noonan

    11. Don McLean, 1970s

    © Joseph Deuel

    12. Arlo Guthrie at Lena Spencer's apartment, 1973

    Photo by Lilla Juhl (Wales)

    13. Utah Phillips, 1974

    Photo by George Alper

    14. Lena Spencer and Loudon Wainwright III, 1977

    Photo by Eleanor Gurewitsch

    15. Rufus Wainwright with Kate and Anna McGarrigle, 1985

    © Thom Wolke

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    All images from Caffè Lena: Inside America's Legendary Folk Music Coffeehouse, edited by Jocelyn Arem in collaboration with Caffè Lena, published by powerHouse Books.