Did you know Gino (Geno) Foreman

Subject: RE: Did you know Gino (Geno) Foreman
From: Marcia Stehr
Date: 21 Feb 12 - 08:15 AM

In 1961 Geno bought his 1951 Citroen 15-six and drove all over Europe.
He loved that car; it gave him a new freedom and he lived in it for many months. When he returned to NYC in the fall of 1963 he reluctantly left the car on the street in Rome. In July 1965 (almost two years later) we pulled up to that same car still parked on the street and just then some boys had opened the door and were beginning to go through Geno's possessions inside. I jumped out of our home, the 1951 Citroen Type H step van (eight months pregnant) and chased them away. Everything was still there. Geno was delighted.

Subject: RE: Did you know Gino (Geno) Foreman
From: Marcia Stehr
Date: 25 Feb 12 - 10:21 AM

Suze Rotolo wrote about Geno Foreman in her book "A Freewheelin' Time"·

Suze Rotolo died on Feb. 24, 2011. She wrote beautifully about Geno in her book.

... 1. A Freewheelin' Time: a Memoir of Greenwich Village in the sixties - Page 270

Suze Rotolo - 2008 - 371 pages - Preview

Geno Foreman came from a distinguished family. Though he was the son of Clark Foreman, the director of the Emergency Civil Liberties Committee, the group that had given Bob the Tom Paine Award, Geno didn't seem to be from any family. It was as if he just flowed loose in the world with an extraterrestrial energy. He was about six feet tall, with very dark, thick hair and a full beard, and he was missing some front teeth. His dark fiery eyes darted about as fast as his words when he spoke.

........

I don't remember when I saw Geno again-later that day or weeks afterward- but he had no sense of gaffe or an offense because Geno wouldn't intentionally hurt a fly. Geno. Man. Geno was beautiful, brilliant and irrepressible. He was the mad prince in the kingdom of the mad ones. He married and fathered a child and died in a freak accident in England a few years later.

"Codicil"

..."Sadness so overwhelming it takes the breath away. Numbness affects the ability to move the body, and brain fog hampers vision. The slightest thing can bring on a bout of crying. Constricted throat, burning insides, dull aches. Nothing matters but what went wrong or what can go wrong now that something is beginning to feel wrong. There is a wicked, hideous, backbiting enemy in cahoots with instinct to beat the daylights out of white-hot sentiment. No contest. Everything is obliterated."

Subject: RE: Did you know Gino (Geno) Foreman
From: Marcia Stehr
Date: 12 Apr 12 - 01:40 PM

New photos on Geno Foreman's page!!

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Geno-Foreman/42626487985?ref=ts

Subject: RE: Did you know Gino (Geno) Foreman
From: GUEST,Steve wilson
Date: 15 Apr 12 - 12:42 AM

I was a friend.of Dylan and Paul Clayton and geno a d (Albert) came to visit my place in Charlottesville, va. I may have a old reel tape of him playing and drumming on guitar. We did a lot of dope and listened to the the bahama singers at van ronk and cornfields place on wavily. [e-mail]

Subject: RE: Did you know Gino (Geno) Foreman
From: GUEST,Stephen Wilson
Date: 15 Apr 12 - 10:45 AM

Apologize for unintentional, incoherent voice/iphone message preceeding:   Met Geno a variety of times in New York and elsewhere. In those days he was most often found with Albert Mayher (sic) and it was under the attractive influence of Paul Clayton that they came to Charlottesville Va, probably in 1962-63, staying at my house for about a week. Somewhere I do believe I still have a reel-to-reel of Geno playing accoustic guitar, possibly "Twelve Gates to the City" and bongo-ing on the guitar. (Not sure cuz I no longer have r-t-r to investigate.) He was much under the stylistic influence of Gary Davis at that instant. More records, smoke, comedy at 190? Waverly Place, Van Ronk and Barry Kornfeld's address. I expect BK has recollections and possibly tape. My last sighting of GF was as I sailed off to Europe in the middle of winter with no money, warm clothes, or friends, but a bountiful amount of weed which G had acquired for me. Went months around Spain, to Granada & Ibiza and the gypsy caves, but trip almost finished me off. Scurvy. A year or two later, heard GF had expired in London. Very sad. Charming and I believe Che Guevara channeled Geno stylistically.   [e-mail]

Subject: RE: Did you know Gino (Geno) Foreman
From: Marcia Stehr
Date: 15 Apr 12 - 10:55 AM

Hi Stephen,
Thanks for the wonderful memories! I will email you.
Peace and love, Marcia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epoMnWLeE68

Subject: RE: Did you know Gino (Geno) Foreman
From: Marcia Stehr
Date: 20 Apr 12 - 05:21 PM

See Geno's Page for information about the movie "For The Love of the Music: The Club 47 Folk Revival"


https://www.facebook.com/pages/Geno-Foreman/42626487985?ref=ts

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https://www.facebook.com/pages/Geno-Foreman/42626487985?ref=ts#!/Club47Film

Just released in Cambridge, MA.

Subject: RE: Did you know Gino (Geno) Foreman
From: Marcia Stehr
Date: 20 Apr 12 - 05:28 PM

More on the film:

http://www.wbur.org/2012/04/17/club-47-film


http://www.loveofthemusic.com/

Wish I could see it!!

Subject: RE: Did you know Gino (Geno) Foreman
From: Marcia Stehr
Date: 12 May 12 - 09:37 AM

Get ready to celebrate Geno's birthday May 29!

See new photos on his page!

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Geno-Foreman-Hugh-Quin-Foreman/42626487985?ref=ts

Subject: RE: Did you know Gino (Geno) Foreman
From: Marcia Stehr
Date: 25 May 12 - 07:43 PM

"ODE TO ERIC" for Eric Dolphy   a poem by Geno Foreman


ODE TO ERIC


The innocent abroad, the unattached wanderer, lost in finding himself alone in his musing and skyrocket sonic creations of love.

How Everest-like the humblest of his conceptions would seem if comprehended searchingly by the lost and lonely homeland student of art and the lives of greats.

How timely the meditative and analytical care
that was taken in the dialectical fantasies and far-reaching intellectual ponderings of his beloved scales.

Where/when ever his pathfinding panegyrics oded
overwhelmingly brave in their fathomable fearlessness in the face of barely tolerable gumchewing drunks.

For the listeners who could hear him, he told of the trials of yesteryear in the total-tomorrow language
of a lonely bird bound outward in the still night.

The solemn sorrowful sufferingly sound belief
of those hearers whence came his sane strong sound
of great and powerful love for them and their sleeping song.

Hugh Quin Foreman, 1965
For Eric Dolphy

Subject: RE: Did you know Gino (Geno) Foreman
From: Marcia Stehr
Date: 27 Aug 12 - 07:54 AM

My BOB DYLAN collection is for sale!

Bob Dylan Collection

Photos of Bob Dylan:
Café Wha? playing harmonica 1961 - my photo
Gerde's playing harmonica 1961 - my photo
My wedding to Mark Spoelstra 1962 with Suze Rotolo
My wedding to Spoelstra 1962 alone

Signatures:
Guest list from wedding to Spoelstra 1962
- " Me Bob Dylan"
- "me too, Suze Rotolo"
- "Jack Elliott"
- "Patty Keith"
- "Eve McKenzie"
- "Warren McKenzie"
- "Howard Schoenfeld"
- "Ann Lye"
- "Len Lye" and more..
Copy of Check to Geno Foreman from Ashes and Sand
   for $1,000. Dated 2/21/66 "Original retainer fee for research of POP material in Europe".

"Bob Dylan 1966 Tour Itinerary" 3 pages- Hotel Accommodations- List of personnel

Three 12" Vinyl "Audiodiscs" from "Another Side of Bob Dylan"
about 10 tracks.

Vinyl Albums:
"The Times They Are A-Changn'" "For Demonstration Use Only Not For Sale"
"The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan"
"Another Side of Bob Dylan"
"John Wesley Harding"
"Infidels" 2 copies one in sealed plastic
"Street Legal"
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits"
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. 2"

If you are interested or know someone who might be email me:
[e-mail]

Subject: RE: Did you know Gino (Geno) Foreman
From: Marcia Stehr
Date: 14 Nov 12 - 08:07 AM

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Geno-Foreman-Hugh-Quin-Foreman/42626487985?ref=ts&fref=ts
Tomorrow, Nov 15th is the anniversary of Geno's death in 1966. He died around midnight in the tiny windowless furnished room (bed-sitter) we had rented near the old West London Hospital in Hammersmith. Four days earlier I had taken him to the Hospital when he experienced a serious abdominal pain. He was examined and sent home. During the next four days I saw five different doctors, trying to get s
ome help for him as it was clear his health was declining. We did not have a telephone or car. One hour before he died a doctor did come to see him and said that he needed to get to the hospital quickly. Ha said he was going to go outside to his car and radio for an ambulance. I asked him to wait with us until it came. He refused. The ambulance never came. His last words to me were,"Don't worry, it's nothing". It turned out he had ulcerative colitis which had perforated, causing peritonitis. He had be hospitalized twice before, in Rome in Dec., 1965 and in Paris Aug 1966. He was never diagnosed correctly. He was 25 1/2 years old.

Subject: RE: Did you know Gino (Geno) Foreman
From: Marcia Stehr
Date: 29 Jan 13 - 09:47 AM

Check out Geno's page:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Geno-Foreman-Hugh-Quin-Foreman/42626487985

Subject: RE: Did you know Gino (Geno) Foreman
From: Marcia Stehr
Date: 18 Mar 13 - 10:39 AM

Geno and Hamza el Din singing in Nubian and playing Ouds together. Hamza taught Geno to play the Oud and sing in Nubian. They speak in Italian and English on this tape. Recorded in Sandy Bull's mother's home on 61st St in New York City in 1963. Geno and Hamza met in Rome in 1962. Geno had a tape made of Hamza and took it back to NYC and Maynard Soloman at Vanguard Recordings resulting in a contract for Hamza.

https://soundcloud.com/hamza-el-din-1/hamza-geno-did-noura-remember

Subject: RE: Did you know Gino (Geno) Foreman
From: Marcia Stehr
Date: 31 Jul 13 - 09:48 PM

I have received many new photos taken by the great Joe Alper at the Indian Neck Folk Festival in 1960.... some are with Eric von Schmidt and others with Rev. Gary Davis. Also 12 photos again by Joe Alper taken at the Caffe Lena in the fall of 1963 after Geno returned from Europe. Some of them can be seen at the following link:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Geno-Foreman-Hugh-Quin-Foreman/42626487985

Subject: RE: Did you know Gino (Geno) Foreman
From: Marcia Stehr
Date: 12 Nov 13 - 09:49 AM

Nov 15th is the anniversary of Geno's death in 1966. He died around midnight in the tiny windowless furnished room (bed-sitter) we had rented near the old West London Hospital in Hammersmith, London. Four days earlier, on Nov. 11th, I had taken him to the Hospital because he was experiencing serious abdominal pains. He was examined and sent home. During the next four days I saw five different doctors, trying to get some help for him as it was clear his health was declining. We did not have a telephone or car and of course I had our 16 month old baby girl to take care of as well. I even went back to the emergency room at the hospital to ask for help and was given a bottle of Peppermint Liquid for him. One doctor I saw told me that "big hospitals don't make mistakes". One hour before he died a doctor did come to see him and said that he needed to get to the hospital quickly. He said he was going to go outside to his car and radio for an ambulance. I asked him to wait with us until it came. He refused. The ambulance never came. His last words to me were,"Don't worry, it's nothing". It turned out he had ulcerative colitis which had perforated, causing peritonitis. He had been hospitalized twice before, in Rome in Dec 1965 and in Paris Aug 1966. He was never diagnosed correctly. He was 25 1/2 years old. At the Inquest the Intern who misdiagnosed him cried when he realized that his mistake had resulted in Geno's widow and baby girl would have to live the rest of their lives without him. Of course the story is much more complicated than I have related here. I have been working on a book about Geno's life. Peace, Marcia

Subject: RE: Did you know Gino (Geno) Foreman
From: Marcia Stehr
Date: 28 Oct 14 - 12:42 PM

Geno Foreman... how he died by Marcia Stehr
October 28, 2014 at 11:28am
Geno's death Nov 15, 1966
November 15, 2012 at 6:58am

Nov 15th is the anniversary of Geno's death in 1966. He died around midnight in the tiny windowless furnished room (bed-sitter) we had rented near the old West London Hospital in Hammersmith, London. Four days earlier, on Nov. 11th, I had taken him to the Hospital because he was experiencing serious abdominal pains. He was examined and sent home. During the next four days I saw five different doctors, trying to get some help for him as it was clear his health was declining. We did not have a telephone or car and of course I had our 16 month old baby girl to take care of as well. I even went back to the emergency room at the hospital to ask for help and was given a bottle of Peppermint Liquid for him. One doctor I saw told me that "big hospitals don't make mistakes". One hour before he died a doctor did come to see him and said that he needed to get to the hospital quickly. He said he was going to go outside to his car and radio for an ambulance. I asked him to wait with us until it came. He refused. The ambulance never came. His last words to me were,"Don't worry, it's nothing". It turned out he had ulcerative colitis which had perforated, causing peritonitis. He had been hospitalized twice before, in Rome in Dec 1965 and in Paris Aug 1966. He was never diagnosed correctly. He was 25 1/2 years old. At the Inquest the Intern who misdiagnosed him cried when he realized that his mistake had resulted in Geno's widow and baby girl would have to live the rest of their lives without him. Of course the story is much more complicated than I have related here. I have been working on a book about Geno's life. Peace, Marcia

Subject: RE: Did you know Gino (Geno) Foreman
From: Marcia Stehr
Date: 15 Nov 14 - 08:11 AM

Remembering Geno Foreman May 29, 1941- Nov 15, 1966 with love always from Marcia

Subject: RE: Did you know Gino (Geno) Foreman
From: GUEST,Bob Freedman
Date: 28 Nov 14 - 10:59 PM

Marcia,
I apologize for being late but want to remember Gino with love and respect

Bob Freedman

Subject: RE: Did you know Gino (Geno) Foreman
From: GUEST
Date: 28 Mar 15 - 10:55 PM

Yes... I knew Gino from the Albert & Gino days. I probably still have tape he made at my house Charlottesville, va in early 60's... Visiting Paul Clayton Steve [e-mail]

Subject: RE: Did you know Gino (Geno) Foreman
From: GUEST
Date: 27 Feb 17 - 07:43 PM

I knew Geno twice. Once at St John's College in Annapolis, circa 1958-59, and again in Munich in 1960. I don't mean I met him casually; we were buddies. I want to tell an account of these times, but I can't do it now. I'll be back ASAP.
Tony Miller
San Pedro, CA

Subject: RE: Did you know Gino (Geno) Foreman
From: GUEST,1959-1967
Date: 07 Jan 19 - 02:09 PM

Met Geno midway thru freshman year at Harvard 1959. An irresistibly exciting guy. I was a dedicated blues picker at the time and it was a thrill to watch Geno pick and sing. As preppie from an Ivy League family, my folk blues performing was short on authenticity. Geno looked and sounded as if he had broken rocks on the chain gang with Ledbellie,

Besides blues guitar, I was passionate about riding motorcycles. So was Geno. A flamboyant, daring guy on a bike, Geno was a challenge ride with because you didn’t know what me might do. People were drawn to Geno and he was almost always fun to be around. He loved to make a party out of almost anything, and did.

It’s truly sad that Geno’s inner demons kept him out of a recording studio and denied the world a record of what she sounded like. My best memories might be of him playing and singing in Albert and Kelsey’s room in Matthews, upstairs at The Golden Vanity. I never heard anyone sound like Geno before or since. Tapes I’ve heard only play back a fraction of his rich sound. Many, many great times with Geno!

Subject: RE: Did you know Gino (Geno) Foreman
From: GUEST,Peter Rowan
Date: 03 May 20 - 02:19 PM

Gino kidnapped me on his motorcycle Drove all over Boston. Ended up in a loft past Huntington Ave. Played guitar. I learned Keep on Truckin Mama.   He blew my mind. He was the “ Ur” sensibility of those days. Mt Auburn St Club 47. Magic!

Subject: RE: Did you know Gino (Geno) Foreman
From: cnd
Date: 03 May 20 - 04:32 PM

Wow, is this "the" Peter Rowan? That would be incredible!

Subject: RE: Did you know Gino (Geno) Foreman
From: GUEST,Mike
Date: 25 Jul 20 - 11:20 AM

I didnt know him - but a friend of mine did. Davy (Graham) used to mention him as a visitor in 1962/3 to the flat he was sharing. You probably know he called a blues instrumental from his 1963 LP Guitar Man "Blues for Geno"
Incidentally, the song you were referring to earlier is the Champion Jack Dupree number "Junckers Blues" from 1940.
Incidentally, this blog is a great read - a lasting tribute to someone who was truly living in interesting times !

Subject: RE: Did you know Gino (Geno) Foreman
From: GUEST
Date: 22 Nov 20 - 02:36 PM

We were good friends of Mairi and Clark Foreman in Puerto Rico. We loved them so much. What we always heard of Gino is that he died of a ruptured appendix. I think it was in England - not sure. He went to the hospital, was turned away, and then died of the appendix. We would love to be in touch with Joan Baez to talk about our wonderful memories of Mairi and Clark and their family - especially Shelaigh and her children who stayed with us for a while. The son became an audiologist which I am.

Subject: RE: Did you know Gino (Geno) Foreman
From: GUEST
Date: 22 Nov 20 - 02:40 PM

I understood from his parents, Mairi and Clark, that it was a burst appendix. I saw where his ashes were buried on their wonderful finca in Puerto Rico. We purchased land next to theirs so we could be close to them.