A report on Cafe Wha?
Music club at the corner of MacDougal Street and Minetta Lane in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.
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Jimi Hendrix
2 linksAmerican guitarist, singer, and songwriter.
American guitarist, singer, and songwriter.
There, he was offered a residency at the Cafe Wha? on MacDougal Street and formed his own band that June, Jimmy James and the Blue Flames, which included future Spirit guitarist Randy California.
Greenwich Village
1 linksNeighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan in New York City, bounded by 14th Street to the north, Broadway to the east, Houston Street to the south, and the Hudson River to the west.
Neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan in New York City, bounded by 14th Street to the north, Broadway to the east, Houston Street to the south, and the Hudson River to the west.
Music clubs included Gerde's Folk City, The Bitter End, Cafe Au Go Go, Cafe Wha?, The Gaslight Cafe and The Bottom Line.
Chas Chandler
1 linksEnglish musician, record producer and manager, best known as the original bassist in The Animals, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
English musician, record producer and manager, best known as the original bassist in The Animals, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
During his final tour with The Animals, Chandler saw a then-unknown Jimi Hendrix play in Cafe Wha?, a Greenwich Village, New York City nightclub.
Bruce Springsteen
0 linksAmerican singer, songwriter, and musician.
American singer, songwriter, and musician.
The Castiles recorded two original songs at a public recording studio in Brick Township and played a variety of venues, including Cafe Wha? in Greenwich Village.
MacDougal Street
0 linksOne-way street in the Greenwich Village and SoHo neighborhoods of Manhattan, New York City.
One-way street in the Greenwich Village and SoHo neighborhoods of Manhattan, New York City.
Bob Dylan had his first New York City gig at Cafe Wha? at No. 115. This is also where Jimi Hendrix played some early gigs.
Cat Mother & the All Night Newsboys
0 linksAmerican musical group, originally formed in New York and later based in Mendocino, California, most active in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
American musical group, originally formed in New York and later based in Mendocino, California, most active in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
The ensemble's popularity in New York grew during 1967 and 1968, through regular appearances at the Cafe Wha?, which led to an engagement as the house band at New York's Electric Circus.
Manny Roth
0 linksAmerican nightclub owner and entertainment entrepreneur.
American nightclub owner and entertainment entrepreneur.
Roth founded the influential New York club Cafe Wha?
Van Halen
0 linksAmerican rock band formed in Pasadena, California, in 1972.
American rock band formed in Pasadena, California, in 1972.
Roth's uncle Manny owned NYC's Bleecker street Cafe Wha? until 1968.