Danny Kalb Dies: New York Blues Guitar Stalwart Was 80
deadline.comDanny Kalb, who led the downtown blues scene in New York during the 1960s and 1970s as a guitarist with his band the Blues Project, died Saturday at a nursing home in Brooklyn where he lived.
He was 80. His death was confirmed by his brother, Jonathan. The Blues Project was never a big name nationally, but worked steadily in various incarnations into the 21st century.
Its mix of blue standards was augmented by folk, pop, soul and jazz along the way. Kalb lent his vocals to the blues songs, and his groups were respected by musicians on the scene for their penchant to experiment with new forms.
Daniel Ira Kalb was born in Brooklyn and grew up in Mount Vernon, N.Y. He attended the University of Wisconsin and met Bob Dylan, who was passing through on his way to New York. “Dylan crashed with me for a few weeks in Madison on his way from Hibbing, Minnesota, to New York,” Mr.
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