{"product_id":"yorkville-mike-daley-9781997701569","title":"Yorkville: How a 1960s Coffeehouse Scene Rewrote Popular Music","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe untold story of the explosive 1960s music scene that transformed a quiet neighbourhood into one of North America's most influential creative hubs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYorkville: How a 1960s Coffeehouse Scene Rewrote Popular Music traces the rise and fall of the remarkably dense musical ecosystem that flourished in Toronto's tiny Yorkville district between 1954 and 1968. Within a few blocks, dozens of coffeehouses incubated emerging folk, rock, R\u0026amp;B, and jazz talent long before the artists became international stars. Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Gordon Lightfoot, Rick James, Ian \u0026amp; Sylvia, Steppenwolf, and many others refined their sound in these smoke-filled, liquor-free rooms--creating a scene whose impact would ripple far beyond its borders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on more than 100 new interviews, previously unseen documents, and extensive archival research, music historian Mike Daley reconstructs Yorkville's evolution: the bohemian roots, the folk revival, the shift to electric rock, the legendary venues and eccentric characters who ran them, and the crackdowns, moral panics, and real-estate pressures that brought it all to an end.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVivid, authoritative, and deeply human, Yorkville captures a rare moment when music, culture, and youthful ambition collided to reshape the sound of a generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mike Daley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1997701561\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781997701569\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sutherland House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/13\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Mike Daley","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49001375301887,"sku":"9781997701569","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/yorkville-mike-daley-9781997701569","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}