Feature Image - "Well, Well," Said the Rocking Chair
Raised in New Jersey by parents who subsequently split up, Friedman lived a comfortable if nowhere near affluent suburban life, working at odd jobs (which included selling balloons at Palisades Amusement Park, and driving a cab) while working on his music. He played weddings and bar mitzvahs as part of Marsha and the Self-Portraits , and later studied at City College, where one of his teachers was guitarist David Bromberg who, in turn, helped hook Friedman up with Pepper and Snadowsky . A deal with...
