Back from 65 to 69 I helped run a small coffeehouse in the basement of a church in New Britain, CT. It was there that I heard, on more than one occasion, the likes of Bukka White, Mississippi John Hurt, Rev. Gary Davis, Jesse Fuller, Son House, Doc Watson and once with his son Merle, Eric Anderson and many others. The place was small and the concerts were intimate and the conversation was wonderful.

What was best about it was that I was the only one who had a spare bedroom and so they all stayed at my house and I got to know them. These are memories I will cherish forever.

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