Connie Converse came from a very restrictive, Baptist, T-toteling family. The idea that she would write a song about these subjects is wild. She was just a tick ahead of the Beats in terms of the lifestyle that she was living. This was before On the Road, this was before people were taking cross-country road trips and she was doing it as a single woman.
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