A report on Cafe Wha?

Cafe Wha? in 2005

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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Hendrix performing on the Dutch television show Hoepla in 1967

Jimi Hendrix

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American guitarist, singer, and songwriter.

American guitarist, singer, and songwriter.

Hendrix performing on the Dutch television show Hoepla in 1967
Hendrix's paternal grandparents, Ross and Nora Hendrix, pre-1912
Hendrix in the US Army, 1961
The Experience in 1968
Hendrix on stage at Gröna Lund in Stockholm, Sweden in June 1967
Hendrix on May 10, 1968
Author Michael Heatley wrote: "The iconic image by Ed Caraeff of Hendrix summoning the flames higher with his fingers will forever conjure up memories of Monterey for those who were there and the majority of us who weren't."
The white building (left) is 23 Brook Street; the building on the right is the Handel House Museum.
Hendrix flashed a peace sign at the start of his performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Woodstock, August 18, 1969.
The Samarkand Hotel, where Hendrix spent his final hours
A 1968 King Vox-Wah wah-wah pedal similar to the one owned by Hendrix
Hendrix statue outside Dimbola Lodge, Isle of Wight

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

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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.

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.

MacDougal Street in Greenwich Village
453–461 Sixth Avenue in the Historic District
The intersection of West 4th and West 12th Streets
Street signs at intersection of West 10th and West 4th Streets
Map of old Greenwich Village. A section of Bernard Ratzer's map of New York and its suburbs, made ca. 1766 for Henry Moore, royal governor of New York, when Greenwich was more than 2 miles (3 km) from the city.
Gay Street at the corner of Waverly Place; the street's name refers to a colonial family, not the LGBT character of Greenwich Village
Whitney Museum of American Art's original location, at 8–12 West 8th Street, between Fifth Avenue and MacDougal Street; currently home to the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture.
The Cherry Lane Theatre is located in Greenwich Village.
The annual Greenwich Village Halloween Parade is the world's largest Halloween parade.
The Stonewall Inn, a designated U.S. National Historic Landmark and National Monument, as the site of the June 1969 Stonewall riots and the cradle of the modern gay rights movement.
Blue Note Jazz Club
The Washington Square Arch, an unofficial icon of Greenwich Village and nearby New York University
396-397 West Street at West 10th Street is a former hotel which dates from 1904, and is part of the Weehawken Street Historic District
Washington Mews in Greenwich Village; an NYU building can be seen in the background
Christopher Park, part of the Stonewall National Monument
NYPD 6th Precinct
West Village Post Office
Jefferson Market Library, once a courthouse, now serves as a branch of the New York Public Library.
Robert De Niro
Robert Downey Jr.
Hank Greenberg
Emma Stone
90 Bedford Street, used for establishing shot in Friends

Music clubs included Gerde's Folk City, The Bitter End, Cafe Au Go Go, Cafe Wha?, The Gaslight Cafe and The Bottom Line.

Chandler in 1964

Chas Chandler

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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.

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.

Chandler in 1964

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.

Springsteen performing in July 2012

Bruce Springsteen

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American singer, songwriter, and musician.

American singer, songwriter, and musician.

Springsteen performing in July 2012
Ordinary life in New Jersey beach towns such as Asbury Park is the background to Springsteen's early lyrics
Springsteen and the E Street Band, 1977
Springsteen at Félix Houphouët-Boigny International Airport in Ivory Coast during Amnesty International's 1988 Human Rights Now! Tour
Springsteen performing on the Tunnel of Love Express Tour at the Radrennbahn Weißensee in East Berlin on July 19, 1988
The scene outside the Giants Stadium parking lot for banner-marked, record-setting, 10-night stand of The Rising Tour during July 2003.
An acoustic guitar number during the solo Devils & Dust Tour performance at the Festhalle Frankfurt, June 15, 2005.
Springsteen and the Sessions Band performing on their tour at the Fila Forum, Milan, Italy on May 12, 2006.
Super Bowl XLIII halftime show
Fireworks go off at the conclusion of the "E! Street! Band!" exhortation during the final shows at Giants Stadium.
Springsteen performing with drummer Max Weinberg behind him, on the Magic Tour stop at Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, Florida, August 15, 2008.
Springsteen receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House from President Barack Obama in 2016
Springsteen (second from right) was among the five recipients of the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors
Springsteen playing at the Stadium of Light in 2012
The Springsteens greeting the Obamas at a rally in November 2008

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.

The east side of MacDougal Street below Minetta Lane (2015)

MacDougal Street

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One-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.

The east side of MacDougal Street below Minetta Lane (2015)
Nos. 82–96, part of the MacDougal–Sullivan Gardens Historic District
No. 115, The Players Theatre and Cafe Wha? in 2015
No.127–131 are New York City landmarks

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

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American 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.

Cafe Wha? in Greenwich Village

Manny Roth

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American nightclub owner and entertainment entrepreneur.

American nightclub owner and entertainment entrepreneur.

Cafe Wha? in Greenwich Village

Roth founded the influential New York club Cafe Wha?

Van Halen performing in 2015. From left to right: Wolfgang Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, David Lee Roth, and Eddie Van Halen.

Van Halen

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American rock band formed in Pasadena, California, in 1972.

American rock band formed in Pasadena, California, in 1972.

Van Halen performing in 2015. From left to right: Wolfgang Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, David Lee Roth, and Eddie Van Halen.
Van Halen performing at La Cañada High School in 1975.
Flyer handed out at La Cañada High School show. Ed playing an Ibanez Destroyer.
Van Halen in 1981
The introduction of Sammy Hagar (pictured in 2005) as vocalist continued the band's worldwide popularity.
Van Halen and Metallica posing backstage in 1988.
Vocalist Gary Cherone (pictured in 2008) joined the band briefly in the late 1990s.
After leaving Van Halen, Hagar has focused on his band the Waboritas as well as branching out into the Cabo Wabo nightclub, merchandise, and alcohol brands.
Van Halen during their 2004 reunion period. Left to right: Michael Anthony, Sammy Hagar, Eddie Van Halen.
Roth and the Van Halen brothers performing in San Antonio, Texas in 2008.
Van Halen onstage with Roth and Wolfgang in 2008.
Roth and Eddie Van Halen performing live in 2015.
Van Halen's elaborate stage productions required extra security included in their contract riders

Roth's uncle Manny owned NYC's Bleecker street Cafe Wha? until 1968.