a question about Okudzhava, Eidel'man and their American friends

[Rossen Djagalov]

Fellow Slavicists,

This is a question on behalf of a friend of mine from Moscow who is 
currently preparing the third volume of an anthology of Okudzhava.
His query concerns a passage from Nathan Eidel'man's diary, which mentions 
two Western (most likely, American) friends of Eidel'man's and 
Okudzhava's, "Gerry" and "Terry." If you are able to identify them, could 
you let me know off-server.

This has almost become a detective story. In addition, does anybody 
know of the people in any way involved in Okudzhava's Irvine, CA 
concert in 1979.

Thank you,
Rossen


Here's the entry from Eidel'man's diary:
3 ñåíòÿáðÿ 1983 ã. ...Ó Îêóäæàâû — è çàòåì ⠓Ïðàãó”: Ðîçîâ, Áàêëàíîâ, 
Âèíîêóðîâ, Îêóäæàâà + Îëüãà, èç Ëîñ-Àíäæåëåñà Òåððè. Òîñòû — çà äðóæáó, 
ò¸ïëóþ îáñòàíîâêó: â öåíòðå ðàçãîâîðà — ÷òî ýòè ëþäè íå ñîáðàëèñü áû çà 
îäíèì ñòîëîì. È Äæåððè ðåëèãèîçåí (õî÷åò óâèäåòü ìîþ âåðóþùóþ äî÷ü) — îí 
çàñòàâëÿåò ìåíÿ äâàæäû ïîæèìàòü ðóêó Ñîëîóõèíó. (À Áàêëàíî⠗ òîëüêî ÷òî 
õâàëèë ×àêà). À Áóëàò ãîâîðèò î “Äåòÿõ Àðáàòà” è îá àðáàòñòâå è íàöèè 
áàõàðàõ — “àðáàòåö” (àðáàòñòâî). È ðàçãîâîð ñ Áóëàòîì î ôèëüìå 
Àñàíîâîé “Ïàöàíû”, î ïðåêðàñíîé ôèíàëüíîé ïåñíå, ñî÷èí¸ííîé ðåáÿòàìè. È 
ðàçãîâîðû î ìîåé “ïîåçäêå” â ÑØÀ è íåïîåçäêå. /286–287/

And here's how Eidel'man's widow comments upon the passage:
 ýòî âðåìÿ Íàòàí ñ ìàòåðüþ æèë â Äîìå òâîð÷åñòâà â Ïåðåäåëêèíå. à ÿ ðÿäîì 
ñíèìàëà äà÷ó ïî ñîñåäñòâó ñ Ãîðîäíèöêèìè.  ýòîò âå÷åð, íå ïîìíþ êòî è ïî 
êàêîìó ïîâîäó, ñîáèðàë ãîñòåé â ðåñòîðàíå “Ïðàãà”. Êàæåòñÿ, ýòî Áóëàò ïî 
ïîâîäó ïðèåçäà îáùåãî äðóãà Òåððè Ýììîíñà. [This is not the noted Stanford 
historian, Professor Emeritus Terrence Emmons.--R.D.] Äóìàþ, òàê è åñòü, 
ïîòîìó ÷òî èç æåíùèí ïðèñóòñòâîâàëà òîëüêî Îëÿ Îêóäæàâà. <...> Î ïîñèäåëêàõ 
â ðåñòîðàíå Íàòàí íè÷åãî íå ðàññêàçàë, òîëüêî îòìåòèë ìèìîõîäîì, ÷òî 
ñîáðàëàñü ñòðàííàÿ, ðàçíîø¸ðñòíàÿ êîìïàíèÿ, è ïîäèâèëñÿ òîìó, êàê ýòî 
Áóëàòó óäà¸òñÿ ñîõðàíÿòü õîðîøèå îòíîøåíèÿ ñî ñòîëü ðàçíûìè ëþäüìè? Åñëè áû 
ðå÷ü øëà î êîì-òî äðóãîì, òî, ìîæåò áûòü, â ñëîâàõ Íàòàíà òàèëîñü áû 
îñóæäåíèå, íî Áóëàòà îí áóêâàëüíî áîãîòâîðèë, è íè÷òî â í¸ì íå ìîãëî 
âûçâàòü ó Íàòàíà íè ñîìíåíèé, íè óêîðà. /òàì æå, 287–288/.

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