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Interviews with Jersey icons and rising stars
J. Howard Duff Stills Sings For The Sake Of The Song
J. Howard Duff is still singing for the song. His whole life. He started out in The Institution. They played covers, and got popular enough in the early-‘70s to open for Springsteen at Newark State College in Duff’s hometown of Union. They gigged at The Café Wha, Gildersleeves and Cheetah in Manhattan, and opened for Canned Heat, Roy Buchanan, McKendree Spring, Blackfoot and The Good Rats. David Johansen of The New York Dolls was a fan and told ‘em so.