I used to hang out with Wretched Refuse when it consisted of Alan Kaufman (mandolin), Richie Shulberg, Mike Schlesinger(guitar) and Bob Jones. Although a Hunter College student, I was a Brooklyn College "groupie" and attended many concerts held out the Brooklyn College SUBO coffee house run by some (or all) of the WR members(early '70s I'm guessing). In fact, my first Dave Bromberg concert was at the coffee house. I now live in Alexandria, VA. I wondered what happened to the band, and only today found out about Richie's passing. I so sorry to hear about it.
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