I was a pre-teen then, but my uncle invited me to come to the performance. He said he’d heard of this ‘real interesting’ folk singer – who however was considered somewhat wild and so was not asked to stay over at Morriss’ home. Not sure if a room was rented for Dylan. In any case this was my first experience of folk music. Dylan warmed up in the bathroom, which was not far from the ‘stage’.

Dylan performed some things from his first album, which was featured near the book store entrance, and many things from this second album, which had not yet come out. The energy of his singing was similar to the kind of energy on his first album. I haven’t seen a similar energy on any of the various Dylan documentaries that have come out even after all these years.

I’m sure that my uncle was also responsible for ordering Fromm’s book
since he recommended to me around that time and the bookstore’s inventory paralleled my uncle’s political interests.

As for the Seven Steps, my father was the person who was responsible liquidation (similar to bankruptcy). The only time I was in that bookstore
was after it closed.