What a hoot!

The folk music craze was hot in the early 60s. And a bunch of us used to hang out in a downtown Cleveland coffee house called La Cave de Cafe.

We got there early to grab a front table and stayed late to talk with

performers—folks like Bud & Travis, Jose Feliciano, Bob Gibson and Ian & Sylvia.

Every Wednesday night, there was a Hootenannie, an informal folk music jam session, where everybody brought their axe.

In those days, I was part of a trio that played wherever we could get a gig. Once, we played an ROTC dinner for the parents of the cadets at my college, and they cancelled a ton of my demerits in lieu of payment.