Jan Haust: The fact was, Bob, that while it was Mary Martin (Albert Grossman’s secretary, from Toronto, and future Leonard Cohen manager) that PLAYED the tape in the office for everyone, it was actually DUFF ROMAN that had recorded it here in Toronto in Oct., 1964 @ Hallmark Studios. It helped make Dylan’s mind up […]

THE WALL STREET SHUFFLE Grant from L.A. e-mailed me to connect with Elisa to hook up with Kevin Wall in T.O. I’m not used to that many handlers. I agreed to meet in the Royal Suite at 3:30.  Right after my panel with Tony Wilson and right before Kevin gave his speech.  I figured the […]

TURN ME LOOSE So I go with Jake to this venue on a spit of land in the lake which he keeps putting down for drawing a bridge and tunnel crowd which I think is wholly cool and in the dressing room we get engaged in a conversation with someone who looks so familiar yet […]

Hey bob, Thanks for what you wrote. I got sent your letter by my good manager, and am repeatedly being asked by all and sundry how it feels to have seen it. It feels damn fine, and i thought you should know, even though you didn’t ask! All my picks have teeth marks (you’re the first […]