Let me rephrase that: the 82- year-old is incredibly friendly and talkative — and has mind-blowing stories from his time with the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.

But the problem — apart from the dodgy phone reception from his Bernalillo, New Mexico, home — is that his new memoir This is My Life I’m Talking About (Damiani, £39) is packed with his stories in great detail.

It means that every question I ask is greeted with “you can read about that in the book”.

Danny is the epitome of ‘been there, done that, got the t-shirt’.

To read more on this story, subscribe to our new e-edition. Go to E-edition.jewishtelegraph.com.

If you have a story or an issue you want us to cover, let us know - in complete confidence - by contacting newsdesk@jewishtelegraph.com, 0161-741 2631 or via Facebook / Twitter