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At Otto's Grotto in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Jimi Hendrix jams with Good Earth. The audience includes Leonard Nimoy (Mr Spock in Star Trek).Full article:
Leon Dicker (Yameta Management attorney) : Hendrix called me from Cleveland. He said that he wanted to buy a Corvette and asked that I wire $5000 from his Yameta account to the dealer. Now, I knew he didn't have a driver's licence, and couldn't see to save his life. $5000 was a considerable amount of money in those days. 'C'mon Jimi,' I said. 'Whose money is it?' he admonished. So I did as he asked.
Jane Scott (reporter, Cleveland Plain Dealer) : I sat at a table adjoining Hendrix's at the old Otto's Grotto. He signed autographs on paper napkins with his right hand - the only thing he did with his right hand. Success had made him more ambitious more serious, he said "Now that I've got this chance, I want to do my best," he added. He couldn't sit still long at Otto's. He grabbed a guitar and joined the Good Earth on the stage, completely absorbed in his chords.
Paul McKinnon (drummer, The Good Earth) : It was not too busy a Monday night at Otto's Grotto. We (The Good Earth) were going through the motions, but still having fun. The Good Earth's music was geared more to vocals and kind of folksy - I guess what you would call Soft Rock. Bill 'Oliver' Swofford was our lead singer and went on to make hits of Good Morning Starshine and Jean, Jean. However, our lead guitarist, Johnny Harrington, bassist Barry Bluffer, and I were originally in a group, Little John And The Sherwoods, which was much more oriented to hard core rock. Jimi was our favourite musician at that time, and we were quite familiar with many of his songs, as we had performed quite a few through the years the best we could. We initially thought Jimi was a local look-alike, and kiddingly asked him to sit in with us. Not too much later, Jimi got his guitar and joined us on stage. By then we knew he was, in fact, Hendrix. I have played in front of many large audiences and had many lasting memories, but that night was absolute magic.
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Jane Scott (reporter, Cleveland Plain Dealer) : I sat at a table adjoining Hendrix's at the old Otto's Grotto. He signed autographs on paper napkins with his right hand - the only thing he did with his right hand. Success had made him more ambitious more serious, he said "Now that I've got this chance, I want to do my best," he added. He couldn't sit still long at Otto's. He grabbed a guitar and joined the Good Earth on the stage, completely absorbed in his chords.
Paul McKinnon (drummer, The Good Earth) : It was not too busy a Monday night at Otto's Grotto. We (The Good Earth) were going through the motions, but still having fun. The Good Earth's music was geared more to vocals and kind of folksy - I guess what you would call Soft Rock. Bill 'Oliver' Swofford was our lead singer and went on to make hits of Good Morning Starshine and Jean, Jean. However, our lead guitarist, Johnny Harrington, bassist Barry Bluffer, and I were originally in a group, Little John And The Sherwoods, which was much more oriented to hard core rock. Jimi was our favourite musician at that time, and we were quite familiar with many of his songs, as we had performed quite a few through the years the best we could. We initially thought Jimi was a local look-alike, and kiddingly asked him to sit in with us. Not too much later, Jimi got his guitar and joined us on stage. By then we knew he was, in fact, Hendrix. I have played in front of many large audiences and had many lasting memories, but that night was absolute magic.