at Club Passim in 2007 at Club Passim in 2022
Joan Baez described to ''
Rolling Stone's''
Kurt Loder how she began performing at Club 47 in 1958 as a largely unknown
Boston University student, playing on Tuesday nights as a means of providing entertainment because the jazz musicians who played there had Tuesday nights off; she would continue to perform regularly there through the early 1960s. In 1961,
Bob Dylan was said to have played at the club between sets for free so that he could say he had played at Club 47.
Dylan: A Biography gives a detailed account of Dylan's first visit to Club 47, where he saw
Carolyn Hester perform and performed between Hester's sets in the hopes of impressing club manager Paula Kelley.
Bonnie Raitt chose to attend
Radcliffe College in Cambridge to be near Club 47, though the club closed temporarily after her first year as a student (1967).
Bill Staines mentions Club 47 in his autobiography,
The Tour. He saw his first
coffeehouse (event) performance there in 1962, as a sophomore in high school, and described Club 47 during the 1960s as "one of the premier folk venues in the country."
Bruce Springsteen was refused a gig at Club Passim. ==Dining at Club Passim==