Shel dedicated his UNCLE SHELBY'S ABZ book to Jean Shepherd. Shepherd wrote the liner notes to Shel's first album, HAIRY JAZZ. Shel appeared with Shepherd and several others in Shepherd's 1959 theater piece, LOOK, CHARLIE. He also drew all the words and pictures for the program. They sometimes sketched together, and Shel once said a few words phoned-in to Shepherd's radio program. (Which was carried by WOR from New York, heard in about 36 states for decades.) More about Shel and Shepherd in my book, EXCELSIOR, YOU FATHEAD! THE ART AND ENIGMA OF JEAN SHEPHERD.