Thanks everyone for memories of the Blue Dog. I’m pretty sure I first went there to hear Ian & Sylvia for several reasons. First because of Ian’s 12 string guitar playing (he played a Gibson B25-12. Inspired by that, I still play my B45-12 bought for $175 at a department store in BelAir in 1963); second, because of their tight harmonies (like the opening notes of “Four Rode By); and third because Sylvia was so hot-my 15 yr old’s vision of feminine beauty. Also saw Dave van Ronk and Josh White at the BD. Thanks for memories of Bob Sessions. He performed the four pieces from the BD LP one night at Le Flambeau, and “Fenario” is still a favorite. His guitar & voice are imprinted on me. I played on a few Wednesday night “open mic” (too small for a mic) at Le F. starting in 1959-60 and on a few nights solo or with Tommy Cadwalleder as “The Neverly Brothers.” I arrived at this thread today on a path from Jeff Gutcheon, who played keyboards in Ian & Sylvia’s band, Great Speckled Bird, and many others with many of the great folk performers of the ‘60s-90s. He directed and produced some demos by my college band, The Forerunners, and joined two guys from that group to form ThunderGrin in 1967. Their near hit (only released in Miami where it made the top 60) was a fantastic piece titled “Women in the Street.” Thanks for these pleasurable memories.