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Not your usual kind of boss

A tall man wearing glasses and a pale suit and tie stands at a microphone making an announcement on the stage at The New Penelope, with a musician visible behind him on one side and a piano on the other side.

Date: 1968
Credit: Daniel Kieffer (photographer), copyright 1968
Courtesy of Daniel Kieffer

Here is a photograph of Gary Eisenkraft presenting a Muddy Waters show at The New Penelope in 1968.

All those who have met Gary remember him as a flamboyant, friendly but especially dynamic character:

He was a very busy man and he was always, you know, very active. He was a crazy manager owner, but he was always very busy and very, concerned about getting the next artists in, you know, the next band or orchestra. And I don’t know how he did it.

― Suzanne McCarrey (interview with ARCMTL, 2021)