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I recently finished reading David Hajdu's book called Positively Fourth Street which chronicles the lives of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Joan's sister Mimi Baez, and her husband Richard Farina in NY and CA during the early 60s.

I'm looking forward to seeing the movie version of this story.

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RF’s Wiki excerpt...

On returning to Manhattan, Fariña became a regular patron of the White Horse Tavern, the well-known Greenwich Village tavern frequented by poets, artists, and folksingers, where he befriended Tommy Makem. It was there that he met Carolyn Hester, a successful folk singer.

They married 18 days later. Fariña appointed himself Hester’s agent; they toured worldwide while Fariña worked on his novel and Carolyn performed gigs.

Fariña was present when Hester recorded her third album at Columbia studios during September 1961, where a then-little-known Bob Dylan played the harmonica on several tracks.

Fariña became a good friend of Dylan; their friendship is a major topic of David Hajdu’s book, Positively 4th Street: The Lives and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Fariña, and Richard Fariña.