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“He was not a great guitarist, he was not a great singer. He kind of stumbled all over the stage”: Early Bob Dylan promoter and confidante Terri Thal talks Dylan’s classic Gaslight Café demo as it comes up for auction

Bob Dylan tape.

Speaking to UCR in a timely new interview, with renewed Dylan interest at its peak following the recent A Complete Unknown biopic, early champion, manager and confidante Terri Thal tells all about her time discovering, promoting and nurturing the future folk star, and her creation of the first, and much-bootlegged Gaslight Café gig that put him on the map.

As an active participant in the '50s and '60s New York Greenwich Village scene, Thal had taken on the role of manager for her husband, Dave Van Ronk, and always had her ear to the ground for new talent.

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