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Dylan’s first manager: Bob was ‘too freaky’ to be hired

Terri Thal, Bob Dylan and Dave Van Ronk on the cover of Thal's memoir, "My Greenwich Village: Dave, Bob ad Me." Photo: McNidder & Grace

She was Bob Dylan’s first manager. She married the folk singer who was in the inspiration for “Inside Llewyn Davis.” And she was witness to and participated in shakeups that rattled society’s foundations. In the late 1950s and early 60s, Greenwich Village was the epicenter of a folk music revival amid a surge in politicalContinue reading “Dylan’s first manager: Bob was ‘too freaky’ to be hired”

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A screenshot of a Midnight Special television broadcast shot by Rob Stoner’s father, Arthur Rothstein, with Stoner standing behind Don McLean.

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