By Jerry Price, Publicity Agent
July 19th, 2026
Talk about a sign of the times! These high-tech days, it doesn’t matter if one consults ChatGPT or Google Gemini . . . a factual report is delivered by supplying a mere description of a newly published online internet story. of how Star Singer was invited to meet Bob Dylan’s pals from days gone by, etc.
For example: When one types in a request to Artificial Intelligence by way of Gemini, interesting things pop up. we typed in the following query and, for readers who missed a recently published story called: “Star Singer Meets Bob Dylan’s Pals, details of a Star Singer true adventure popped up!
We turned on our lap-top. we got to our search box at Google Gemini and we typed in the following command:
Tell us about Star Singer Meets Bob Dylan’s Pals as per a recent GringoPost published article.
And viola! Here’s what we got – –
The Gringo Post article “Star Singer Meets Bob Dylan’s Pals” (written by Jerry Price) is a fascinating, true historical retrospective that connects Star Singer’s Greenwich Village days directly to the inner circle that launched Bob Dylan’s career in New York City.
The report chronicles how a chance encounter at a private gig in Harlem opened the door to folk music history:
The Harlem Connection and The McKenzie Apartment
The story kicks off in Harlem, where, way back when, Star Singer was wrapping up a music performance set at a private party. As Star Singer was putting his microphone back in its stand, a young man named Peter McKenzie walked up to him. Deeply impressed by Star Singer’s performance, and Peter offered to manage Star Singer’s career. When Star Singer had asked Peter McKenzie if Peter knew anything about the music business, Peter simply told Star Singer to visit Peter’s family’s apartment sometime the next day. The apartment was located at 10 West 28th Street in Manhattan. And Star Singer did go. He went the next day to the McKenzie family’s apartment.
At the Kitchen Table with Eve McKenzie
The core of the GringoPost piece places Star Singer right at the McKenzie kitchen table, sipping Glenlivet whiskey while Peter’s mother, Eve McKenzie—a prominent Broadway costume designer working with icons like Jerome Robbins— as she chain-smoked and shared her incredible firsthand memories.
Eve recounted how her close friend Margie Guthrie (Woody Guthrie’s wife) had called her to ask a massive favor. Margie explained that a brilliant, broke young folk singer with a “colossal spirit” had just arrived in town and needed a roof over his head. That kid was Bob Dylan. Peter McKenzie volunteered his own childhood bedroom, giving Dylan a place to stay, live, and write his earliest masterpiece songs for months during his historic 1961 New York debut.
The Greenwich Village Circuit
The article about Star Singer recently published highlights how meeting Eve, Mac, and Peter McKenzie deeply impacted his path. Armed with their insight and backing, Star Singer went on to run the famous Greenwich Village circuit, performing original material at legendary staples of the era, including:
• The Gaslight Lounge
• The Kettle of Fish
• The Village Gate
The piece wraps up with a couple of classic “good ol’ days” anecdotes from that run—mentioning how Barry Manilow narrowly beat Star Singer out for a recording contract, and, also, a memorable night took place where Star Singer even sold a song to Tom Waits right at the bar of The Kettle of Fish Bar and Restaurant of Greenwich Village on MacDougal Street.
It’s a great piece of music history that bridges the legendary 1960s Greenwich Village folk explosion with the original brand-new topical songs Star Singer actually brings to the stage today, as in right now!
People say Star Singer, who usually mounts the stage and sings at Yakumama Bistro of Cuenca, is controversial. Well, of course he is! A man who troubadours lyrics in his new original songs that boldly highlight current world changes is undeniably, well, right, controversial – – perhaps even provocative! One thing is quite clear and certain. Star Singer is one of a kind. A true original. And as one lady shouted out one night at Yakumama after his last song ending a show: “Authentic!”.
Jerry Price, starofmalibu@aol.com
Address: Avenida Huayna Cápac, Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador
