Happy Birthday, Danny Kalb! Danny Kalb (born September 9, 1942 [sic!], Mount Vernon, New York, United States) is an American blues guitarist and vocalist, and was one of the original members of the 1960s group, Blues Project. Kalb was a protégé of Dave Van Ronk, and became a solo performer, as well as a session musician with such folk singers as Judy Collins, Phil Ochs, Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan. Kalb and Sam Charters formed The New Strangers. He joined Van Ronks Ragtime Jug Stompers. Inspired by the African American bluesmen Son House, Skip James and Mississippi John Hurt, Kalb experimented with acoustic and electronic music. In 1965 Kalb joined with Steve Katz and, Andy Kulberg, Roy Blumenfeld and Tommy Flanders to form The Blues Project. Later, when Flanders left the band, he was replaced by Al Kooper. Danny Kalb - I Wish You Would youtube/watch?v=wvMQjXqCXOk A beautiful rendition of a great Sixties Hymn: The Blues Project - Catch The Wind youtube/watch?v=yMjxf_jxnro
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