The Golden Screw
| Tom Sankey sings the songs from The Golden Screw | |
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| Released | 1967 |
| Recorded | 1967 |
| Genre | Folk |
| Label | Atco |
The Golden Screw was an Off-Off-Broadway folk rock musical written and performed by Tom Sankey which premiered at the Theatre Genesis in September 1966.[1] It ran again from January 30, 1967 to March 5, 1967 at the Provincetown Playhouse in Greenwich Village. The show's cast album was the first rock theatrical recording of its kind.[2] The play follows a Bob Dylanesque singer figure from folk music roots to commercialization. A subsequent production was mounted at Toronto's Global Village Theatre in 1972. Directed by Sankey, the cast included Elan Ross Gibson, Francois Regis-Klanfer and Yank Azman with music by Larry Wells (piano) and Fergus Hambleton, (guitar.)
Play[edit]
The play was directed by David Eliscu, produced by Paul Stoudt, and the cast included: Tom Sankey, Janet Day, Patrick Sullivan and Murray Paskin. The musicians were Tom Sankey (autoharp), Jack Hopper (guitar) and members of The Inner Sanctum: Kevin Michael (lead guitar), Gerry Michael (drums), Vince Taggart (rhythm guitar).[3] The script was published as The Golden Screw, Or That's Your Thing, Baby (1968).
Track listing[edit]
- Bad Girl
- New Evaline
- You Won't Say No
- The Beautiful People
- I Heard My Mother Crying
- I Can't Make It Anymore
- Jesus Come Down
- 2000 Miles
- Trip Tick Talking Blues
- Can I Touch You
- That's Your Thing, Baby
- I Can't Remember
- Bottom End of Bleecher Street
- Flippin' Out - Little White Dog
See also[edit]
- Hair (musical) The Golden Screw opened nine months before Hair.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Stephen J. Bottoms -Playing Underground: A Critical History of the 1960s ... - 2006 Page 262 "The Golden Screw The play that most astutely summed up the implications of this cultural shift was Tom Sankey's The Golden Screw, which premiered at Theatre Genesis in September 1966. A folk singer as well as a playwright, Sankey structured the piece so as to alternate its short, sketchlike scenes with performances of his own songs, and took as his subject the recent move of folk music into the pop mainstream. The play
- ^ Roots of Woodstock - Tom Sankey 1968 The previous year Tom Sankey had enjoyed success with “The Golden Screw,” an off-off Broadway folk rock musical at the Provincetown Playhouse in Greenwich Village. The show’s cast album was recorded by ATCO and was the first rock theatrical recording of its kind.
- ^ Otis L. Guernsey Best Plays of 1964-1965 - Page 411- 1981 "... at the Provincetown Playhouse. Opened January 30, 1967. (Closed March 5, 1967) Janet Day Patrick Sullivan Murray Paskin Musicians: Tom Sankey and Jack Hopper. Members of the Inner Sanctum: Kevin Michael, Gerry Michael, Vince Taggart Frank Thumhart. Arranged by Producer David Lucas. Directed by David Eliscu; designed by ......
- ^ Review New York Times 1/31/1967.