No, Jerry, Joan Baez was Blind Girl Grunt...at least that's what she's listed as on the sleeve of this Dylan bootleg album I've got from the Rolling Thunder Revue tour.

Some more trivia...

Ian Tyson had a horse farm near Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. I stopped by there one day, knocked on the door, and asked if Ian was in. This woman told me "No, he's in Toronto recording. Do you want his number?" I said, "Okay, thanks." and gave him a call later that day. Strange but true. Gotta watch out for them crazed folk fans.

Ramblin' Jack Elliot once asked if I was someone's "wife". He must have been in a nasty mood that day. I've never liked him much since then.

Bob Dylan once played in a band called "The Golden Chords" and he once formed another called "Elston Gunn and the Rock Boppers", I think it was...

At the Mariposa Folk Festival on Toronto Island in the early 70's Bob Dylan had to flee the island on a police boat to escape a mob of frenzied fans. Shortly before things got out of hand, one of his kids, Jesse, asked Sara Dylan..."Mommy, why does Daddy have so many friends?" "Because he shares." was her reply. Fact. My friend Csaba was there, a few feet away, and heard it.

Csaba was an even more fanatical Dylan fan than I. Not easy, but possible.

Last useless piece of info: I have an ugly little red hat that Bob Dylan left behind at a folk club in Toronto, circa 1963. It came to me from the former owner of said club a couple of years ago. I can see why Bob left it behind...I don't think it would have looked good on him at all.

- LH