![]() ![]() Of course, I knew of him before he ever heard of me. This was before I had ever met him, and the letter meant the world to me. Johnny wrote the magazine back an open letter telling the editors to shut up and let me sing, that I knew what I was doing. The editors had published a letter chastising me for the direction my music was going. There wasn’t much music media in the early Sixties, and Sing Out! was the magazine covering all things folk in character. Not so much recently, but in some kind of way he was with me more than people I see every day. I first met him in ’62 or ’63 and saw him a lot in those years. In plain terms, Johnny was and is the North Star you could guide your ship by him - the greatest of the greats then and now. I was asked to give a statement on Johnny’s passing and thought about writing a piece instead called “Cash Is King,” because that is the way I really feel. ![]()
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