I do seem to recall Leon Bibb playing at the Gate of Horn in Chicago in the late 50s. Will Holt too---doing Kurt Weil songa with good theatrical effect. Fond memories. Especially liked The Exciting Artistry Of Will Holt LP on Elektra Records. This wasn't "rural" music----it was hip and "urban" and essentially cabaret music---much like Josh White was so much more/different than a blues singer by then. It was nightlife and hard liquor drinks and hitting-on-chicks music that mixed folk and jazz and beat sensibilities with humor and suave showmanship. Lenny Bruce and Bob Gibson and early Shel Silverstein too. I, for one, was glad I was there then. It was a great place to spend my late teen and early twenties years.

Art Thieme