Lived a couple of blocks from the Gourd, on Green Steet, '64...'65?..sometime around then. I was only 19 at the time. A crazy British gal named Kate Gennins took me there one night, and since it was so close, I went back again and again. Great music, great vibe. I particularly remember Jean Ball because I'd gone to her house several times to hang and listen to her and her friends play music. Going through some old books the other day and in the back of an old Bob Dylan song book, I found a sheet of paper where I'd written down the words to one of Jean's songs. So fun to see this thread. btw, I also now live in the Pacific Northwest....near Mount Hood.