In January 1961, he traveled to New York City to perform there and visit his musical idol Woody Guthrie, who was seriously ill with Huntington's disease in Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital.
En xaneiro de 1961, trasladouse a Nova York coa esperanza de ver ao seu ídolo musical, Woody Guthrie, quen estaba gravemente enfermo por mor da enfermidade de Huntington no hospital psiquiátrico de Greystone Park.