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   K. Hematite to LeoK   
   Re: R.I.P. Danny   
   22 Nov 22 14:38:29   
   
   From: khematite@gmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, 22 November 2022 at 13:37:58 UTC-6, LeoK wrote:   
   > > > Danny Kalb died of cancer in a nursing home in Brooklyn. He was 80. He   
   > > > met Bob Dylan at college and followed him to Greenwich Village.   
   > > > I took some guitar lessons from Danny in the 1980s, at which time he was   
   > > > living in Chelsea and suffering from bipolar disorder. He got himself   
   > > > together enough to organize a Blues Project reunion which went very   
   > > > well. My memory is hazy but ISTR that a highlight of the show was his   
   > > > version of "It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry."   
   > > >   
   > > Hi,   
   > >   
   > > According to Olof Bjorner, a most dedicated Bob Dylan reviewer, Robert   
   Zimmerman did hitchhike with a guy named Fred Underhill to NYC in January 1961   
   and immediately visited Greenwich Village.   
   > >   
   > > I've asked a long time ago in RMD if anyone know (knew) this person. Do   
   you Diane, or anyone else, know anything about this Fred Underhill?   
   > >   
   > > Maybe they where three hitchhiking?   
   > >   
   > Hi, again   
   >   
   > Have searched in my RMD folio and discovered this reply in 2005:   
   >   
   > "Underhill's a guy from New Jersey who was a student at the University of   
   > Wisconsin in 1961 when Bob was hanging out there debating about going back   
   > to Minn or on to the east coast. He had made it as far as Chicago, but then   
   > doubled back up as far as Madison. Underhill had a place on campus where   
   > local muscians sometimes hung out. Underhill was the person who actually   
   > got Bob to NY. A friend of his was looking for a couple relief drivers to   
   > make the trip and he asked Bob to come along. Underhill also apparently   
   > clued Bob in about Greystone hospital and how he might reach Woody Guthrie."   
   >   
   > Regards   
   > LeoK   
      
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