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I take him up to Maynard Solomon,
at Vanguard Records.
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And they say no.
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And many years later I said,
"Why did you say no to him?"
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And he said, "Well, Izzy, we don't
record freaks at Vanguard Records".
1:00:17
I said, "I see. Joan Baez, not a freak.
1:00:19
"The other people not...
Nobody's a freak, just Bob Dylan".
1:00:22
I was standing in the audience
with Maynard Solomon.
1:00:24
Maynard says, "What do you think of him?"
I said, "That's good!"
1:00:28
I said, "What do you think of him?"
He says, "It's too visceral".
1:01:09
John discovered Billie Holiday,
Blind Boy Fuller, Lena Horne...
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Count Basie.
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Yeah, he was kind of like a Damon Runyon
character. Is that the word?
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One of these old Broadway guys,
buzz-cut haircut.
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He was very special in a lot of ways.
He was very enthusiastic.
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He had great love of music,
and it just radiated out of him.
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When I met him, a review had
just come out ofThe New York Times...
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of the set I'd played at Gerde's
the previous night.
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Hammond had seen the article
and asked me right then and there...
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whether I wanted to record
for Columbia Records.
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I thought it was almost unreal.
I mean, no one would think that...
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this kind of folk music would be
recorded on Columbia Records.
1:01:47
John called me in my office at Columbia.
1:01:50
He says, "Come on down,
I want you to hear something".
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He didn't tell me who it was or anything.
I come down.
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There's this kid, all dressed up,
with the boots and the suede jacket...
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and he had the harmonica on.