Reply #18: He left Harvard in the '60s [View All]

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He was a junior professor in math. Every time he was considered for tenure, he'd release one of his records, and the trustees would have conniptions. After the third such episode, he figured it was a lost cause, and he transferred to UC Santa Cruz, where in addition to his math classes, he also taught an occasional seminar on the history of the American popular song.

But I think he's retired by now. He'd be in his 80s.

Rhino Records reissued the music he personally retained the rights for on CD, and has an informative web page about him.

I think he's brilliant. I don't know anybody with a better command of rhyme. He's rather too bitter and misanthropic for some people, however.