Rock Around the Block Tours - NYC
Greenwich VillageTour for Two at half price! Discover where Bob Dylan lived; Jimi Hendrix recorded, and the Ramones and Blondie burst out of the club scene and onto the world stage. Greenwich Village is where the best folk rock, punk rock and glam rock were born, and it’s all at your feet within a few fascinating blocks. Long famous for its bohemian character, Greenwich Village continues to entrance visitors with its offbeat charm. Walk the streets where the Grateful Dead, the Jefferson Airplane, the Allman Brothers and Eric Clapton rocked the house, Dylan wrote his most famous songs, and Jimi Hendrix’s Electric Lady changed rock forever. Music business veteran and Rolling Stone journalist Bob Sarlin's insider stories will make these shrines of rock history come alive!
Reservations required. Subject to availability. Please email rockwalks@gmail.com for available dates, as some dates may be blocked out.
There’s no place like Times Square, the center of the world’s music industry. Now you can see where Elvis and The Beatles made TV history, where MTV broadcasts its latest rock sensations, and where Tupac Shakur was shot five times – and lived. Stand where young songwriters Carole King and Neil Diamond wrote hit after hit, and the best-loved songs of Elvis Presley, the Righteous Brothers and the Ronettes were created. Discover a club so hip that Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison jammed into the wee hours, with John Lennon and Paul McCartney cheering them on. Bob Sarlin will share his insider insights into the beating heart of rock n roll, and how it grew from a teenage fad to a multi-billion dollar industry. Come discover where the soundtrack of your life was born!
Reservations required. Subject to availability. Please email rockwalks@gmail.com for available dates, as some dates may be blocked out.
Rock n roll romances, heartbreaking tragedy and record-shattering success: it all happened on the Upper West Side. Walk with music business insider Bob Sarlin and see where Buddy Holly, Madonna, Sting, Paul Simon and Michael Jackson have made their mark. Visit the unlikely site of the most extravagant rock party of all time - held beneath the world’s biggest whale. Discover where Bette Midler shimmied to fame in a gay bathhouse, and where Bill Haley and the Comets recorded the first great rock hit, inside an eccentric temple. See where the careers of The Ramones, Police and Talking Heads were launched - and hear of the shocking fate of one of their record company’s founders. And, of course, you'll visit The Dakota, where John Lennon lived and died, and Strawberry Fields, his living memorial. Bob Sarlin will give you the incredible inside scoop - all within a few Upper West Side blocks!
Reservations required. Subject to availability. Please email rockwalks@gmail.com for available dates, as some dates may be blocked out.
Rock Around the Block Tours - NYC
New York, New York 10023
(212) 877-7980
New York City’s Premier Rock ‘N' Roll Tours!
Let music business veteran and Rolling Stone journalist Bob Sarlin show you New York City in a rockin’ new way. As a record executive, Bob helped guide the careers of such artists as Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, James Brown and Don McLean.
And now Bob can help guide YOU through the rock of New York.
Rock Around the Block offers three fun-filled walking tours about the rock heroes you love most, and the places where they made music history – from Elvis to Lady Gaga!