Gene Shay, legendary Philly DJ and Folk Festival host, has died at 85 of the coronavirus

In 1963, Mr. Shay and his wife — who died in 2018 — picked up a shy Dylan and girlfriend Suze Rotolo at 30th Street Station. “They were lovebirds,” Mr. Shay recalled in 2018. He lost money, selling only 45 tickets at $3. Later that year, Dylan came back and played Town Hall on North Broad Street. The room sold out, and everyone knew the words. “Mostly because of Gene, playing him on the radio,” future WMMR colleague Jonathan Takiff recalled.

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