I remember Joe Val from the Club 47 when he was playing with the Charles River Valley Boys.He was certainly well liked and well respected. Having spent many nights at Hillbilly Ranch in order to listen to the house band, (Lilly Brothers and Don Stover) and putting up with barfights, drunken sailors, prostitutes on the make, and mostly people who couldn't wait for the main act, some second rate country rock band or another, I am sure he appreciated the attention and affection he got at Club 47. As I recall, he had a very strong Boston accent that when you spoke with him, you were often surprised by the collision of Appalachia in his music and Boston in his speech.

Sourdough