Outsider Studies: Connie Converse

Benjamen Walker's Theory of Everything

Benjamen Walker & Radiotopia

Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.4 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

The life of musician Connie Converse easily reduces down to one of those Hemingway length sad stories: Before Dylan there was Connie Converse and then she disappeared.

In his new book “To Anyone Who Ever Asks: The Life, Music, and Mystery of Connie Converse” Howard Fishman gives us the complete tale. We meet up with Howard and learn why this incredible musician just couldn’t catch a break in 1950s New York City, and why he is devoted to her life and art.

You can get a copy of Howard’s amazing book wherever books are sold or use this link

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1:19.9	I've always had a thing for outsider artists.
1:23.6	People who make music, art, take photos.
1:26.8	But never find or found the recognition they should have gotten.
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