The 1961 folk riot directly preceded Bob Dylan’s Village ascent

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That night many prominent folkies, not all of whom had attended the riot, celebrated their victory at Gerde’s—performers included Doc Watson, Gil Turner, Joan Baez, her kid sister Mimi, age sixteen, and Bobby Zimmerman, a nineteen-year-old kid recently arrived from Minnesota who called himself Bob Dylan. After hustling Joan to hear his latest composition (“Song to Woody”), Bobby went on to annoy her by hitting on Mimi. — J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now, 300

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• CANDY: Bob Dylan hitting on sixteen-year-old Mimi Baez after playing ‘Song to Woody’ is a light, fun anecdote.