JONATHAN TALBOT
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Greenwich Village: Richie Havens, Bob Dylan and more

Richie Havens and I laugh as we recall Richie's first motorcycle ride on the back of my Norton Dominator 600 twin in 1964. Photo taken in 2006

The years 1959-1963 were exciting and unsettled years. When I was not in Europe or on the road with some Spanish Dance troupe, I spent much of this time, using the stage name Juan Moreno, playing flamenco guitar in Greenwich Village. My first gig was at the Village Gate (Art D'Lugoff was kind when he gave someone as inexperienced as I was then an opportunity to play his famous club) where I shared the stage with the famous blues artist Lightning Hopkins. I went on to become a "fixture" at the infamous Cafe Rafio where I worked with beat poet Ted Joans, singer-songwriter Rusty Evans, Guyanese singer/actor Ram John Holder, and Dino Valente (author of "Get Togther"). I also played other basket houses including the Gaslight and the Bizarre and MC'd the afternoon hootnannies at the Cafe Wha? where I became friendly with Richie Havens, Bob Dylan, José Feliciano, and many more now-famous performers. During those years I also played Gerde's Folk City (where, like Dylan, I opened for blues-great John Lee Hooker), The Second Fret in Phildelphia (where I opened for Doc Watson, Miriam Makeba, and others) and a number of other folk venues from Florida to Boston to Los Angeles.

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