text:  Up and down the East Coast, he had played in these all-black carnival shows from the 50s and 60s. So in every town, he knew everybody, like Chief Wahoo, an old Indian medicine man, like Mr. Q, the Snake Lady. And so he was just so much fun, and he was a great philosopher, and everything he talked about was the big idea. And just meeting him out of college and next thing I know,