Uploaded by MyDamnChannel on Dec 7, 2007
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It would be impossible to overstate the impact that JOHN SINCLAIR has made on the city of Detroit. Initially gaining notoriety as a poet and de-facto leader of the local counter-culture movement, John became notorious as the head of The White Panther Party and as the manager/political strategist of the MC5. He became an international symbol of Revolution when John Lennon rose to his defense after he was sentenced to 10 years in state prison for possession of two joints. Currently based out of Amsterdam, he just happened to be visiting Detroit while we were recording and was generous enough to bring his iBook full of poetry uptown to 54 Sound.
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"Man, John Sinclair is an Original American Supremo. " Now buddy don't Bogart that Joint"
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hey JOHN if was up o some bands s that could not sing you wood have did that 10 years like peel he was there for the time with LENONN
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i"m happy to have helped you get out of jail rjking next to yoko on stageRON
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@TulipXX --Damn, John, wish you coulda done some of this at the ODYSSEY, circa '72. Miss ya Brother...I've been home since 2003 when they finally changed the law. Livin' in TX...
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Happy birthday John!
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Happy Birthday John!
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@StrangersToll wow, get angry much?
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@dentpopcan yes
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is this the john sinclair who went to jail for having two joints or something?
john lennon made a song,
it aint far, john sinclair,
let him free, like you and me,
they gave him ten for ten, what else can those bastards do,
is that this guy?
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wicked stuff jonh your a legend
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John, you're the best.
I was at Crisler arena for the concert. I remember John well from the 70's in Ann Arbor.