The Gaslight Café in Greenwich Village, New York City was known as the “basket house” primarily because musicians would be paid the profits of a passed around basket. It was at the Gaslight Café that most people sought refuge to express their free-spirited culture.
On this day, September 6th, in 1961, Bob Dylan makes his first appearance at the Gaslight Café. He premiered his singles Masters of War and A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall.
The live recordings done at the café heavily influenced Dylan’s 2005 album, Live at the Gaslight.