I well remember Mother Blues. What a great place. I was there one time just after the Weavers had finally split. Ronnie Gilbert and Rev. Gary Davis were sharing the bill. Great music! But I was saddened to see Rev. Davis sitting alone in a corner between sets. No one would even talk to him except the waitress.

So I went over and struck up a conversation. He was in town alone and I wound up inviting him over for Sunday dinner the next day. It was the Sunday before Thanksgiving and it turned out he was booked at Mother Blues the next weekend too so we invited him for Thanksgiving dinner. He enjoyed Sunday dinner so much that he called his wife and she flew in and joined us on Thanksgiving day. What a great pair those two were.

      - Mark