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152 Bleeker street. [[Lenny Bruce]] was arrested and charged with obscenity here. It had the [[Garrick Theater]] on the floor above it.
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[[Mitch Mitchell]] recalled:<blockquote>"We did a couple of nights at the [[Cafe Au Go Go]]. I remember that because Zappa and The Mothers were in the upstairs bit, the [[Garrick Theater]]... I sat in with them once and I think [[Jimi Hendrix|Jimi]] may well have too..."</blockquote> <div align="right">("The [[Jimi Hendrix]] Experience" Pyramid Books, London, 1990)</div>
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152 Bleeker Street, Greenwich Village, New York, New York. Famous venue for music. Owned by  Howard Solomon. He and [[Lenny Bruce]] were arrested and charged with obscenity in 1964. It had the [[Garrick Theater]] on the floor above it.
  
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<blockquote>"We did a couple of nights at the [[Cafe Au Go Go]]. I remember that because Zappa and [[The Mothers]] were in the upstairs bit, the [[Garrick Theater]]... I sat in with them once and I think [[Jimi Hendrix|Jimi]] may well have too..."</blockquote>
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<div align="right">— [[Wikipedia:Mitch Mitchell|Mitch Mitchell]] in ''The [[Jimi Hendrix|Hendrix]] Experience'' by Mitch Mitchell & John Platt, Pyramid Books, 1990.</div>
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Revision as of 19:38, 22 August 2021

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152 Bleeker Street, Greenwich Village, New York, New York. Famous venue for music. Owned by Howard Solomon. He and Lenny Bruce were arrested and charged with obscenity in 1964. It had the Garrick Theater on the floor above it.


"We did a couple of nights at the Cafe Au Go Go. I remember that because Zappa and The Mothers were in the upstairs bit, the Garrick Theater... I sat in with them once and I think Jimi may well have too..."

Mitch Mitchell in The Hendrix Experience by Mitch Mitchell & John Platt, Pyramid Books, 1990.