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Dick Farina & Eric Von Schmidt w. Bob Dylan as Blind Boy Grunt Mono 1963 Folklore Records Archival Sleeve
   Bob Dylan as Blind Boy Grunt alias was one among the wittiest pseudonyms in pop background, poking fun at the complete notion of youthful white men digging in to the early-20th hundred years repertoire of blues legends like Blind Boy Fuller. Its make use of wasn’t limited by that 1963 Broadside record, either. In early 1963, Dylan added harmonica and back-up vocals for an record documented by fellow folkies Richard Farina and Eric Von Schmidt; when the LP was finally released in 1967 (as Dick Farina & Eric Von Schmidt), his parts had been related to Blind Guy Grunt.                 
  Richard George Fariña (March 8, 1937 – April 30, 1966) was an American , songwriter, poet and novelist. In Manhattan, Fariña became a regular patron of the , the well-known  tavern frequented by poets, artists, and folksingers, where he befriended . It was there that he met , a successful folk singer. They married 18 days later. Fariña appointed himself Hester's agent; they toured worldwide while Fariña worked on his novel and Carolyn performed gigs. Fariña was present when Hester recorded her third album at Columbia studios during September 1961, where a then-little-known  played the harmonica on several tracks. Fariña became a good friend of Dylan; their friendship is a major topic of 's book, Positively 4th Street: The Lives and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Fariña, and Richard Fariña.
  Eric Von Schmidt (May 28, 1931 – February 2, 2007) was an American singer and guitarist, songwriter, painter and illustrator, and  recipient. He was associated with the folk boom of the late 1950s and early 1960s and a key part of the   scene.As a singer and guitarist, he was considered to be the leading specialist in country blues in Cambridge at the time, the counterpart of Greenwich Village's . Von Schmidt co-authored with Baby, Let Me Follow You Down: The Illustrated Story of the Cambridge Folk Years