If you read Crosby’s biography he toured the coffeehouse scene both solo and as part of Les Baxters Balladeers, a kind of commercial folk group, prior to joining the Byrds. He was in Chicago with a friend, Clem Floyd, playing folk clubs and went to see Trane with Clem and a diminutive prostitute named The Duchess. Then the story proceeds as recounted above. Remember this is pre-fame Crosby (63’). The gig was allegedly at McKey’s at 173rd and Cottage Grove. This is on pg. 64 of his book. After Chicago he traveled to Coconut Grove then back to LA where the Byrds were formed. Interesting side note - Miles Davis had a hand in the Byrds getting signed to Columbia, but that is another story…
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