I am glad Izzy is doing as well as he is. As we sometimes used to say in the '60s: "Izzy Young? No he isn't!" --- Even back then, he seemed like a cantankerous old fart.

1965, '66 and 1967 I was the Assistant Manager of Chicago's Old Town Folklore Center. Izzy came in one afternoon and let us know that he wasn't happy that our shop was called a folklore center. And then he l;eft.

Izzy, if you are reading this:

THANKS for being you -- and for doing what you did with sincerity and dedication. Like so many in the subculture, you made some waves on our little folkie pond.

Art Thieme