This, our humble Big Pink site, by the owners (obviously not professional webmeisters) was created because we heard of some indulging in diverres speculations about our intentions for our well-known residence between the villages of Woodstock and Saugerites. Located well down a rough unpaved private out-cropped rock and dirt road, the builder, a Mr. Gramm, built and owned it during it’s inaugural rental use rental as group house for the back up band of the celebrated folk poet rocker, Bob Dylan. The house itself is actually a large Cape, a two story two unit dwelling over a full sized and thanks to the musical artists who dwelled there in 1967 & 8, a very famous Basement. Constructed with it’s ‘right side’ facing out to the road, to the sunny south: though the actual front is up the berm around left, through the basement door is the way we enter. With the separate upstairs ‘attic’ unit occupied by our long-time friend and musician Glen, and this guitarist songwriter band musician living on the main floor, the Basement is still alive with music, creativity and celebration of the now.

We believe we are keeping alive a certain tradition of creativity & convivial spirit, making and recording original music, providing a venue highlighting and documenting novel ensemble creation. A unique house in American musical history, we invite our friends, our many local and distant associates to continue to celebrate the nowness of our time. We do not view Big Pink and the Basement as a museum or tribute to the past. The tradition of artistic creativity in the Woodstock region began well before the mid ’60s and is furthered with great zest into the future, fostered by musicians and artists young and old: we are grateful to be part of this joyous continuum, and appreciate those in harmony with this vision.