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1967 Tiny Tim opens for Jimi Hendrix & The Doors....
1967 Tiny Tim opens for Jimi Hendrix & The Doors....
Item # 716442
June 29, 1967
THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, June 29, 1967
* Tiny Tim opens for Jimi Hendrix & The Doors
* Famous American guitarist makes New York debut
* American rock band - Jim Morrison
* Steve Paul's Scene nightclub advertisement
Page 29 has a 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 inch advertisement for upcoming performances at The Scene nightclub. Among the performers are very early appearances by The Doors & Jimi Hendrix. According to the ad, this was Hendrix's New York City debut. But interesting is that Tiny Tim also performed at this nightclub regularly so he actually opened for these two famous groups in this particular advertisement. What a combination that must have been. Probably only published in this publication.
AI notes: Tiny Tim reportedly appeared at The Scene, a popular New York City nightclub owned by Steve Paul, in 1967, during a formative time for many major acts. While documentation is limited, the club was a hotspot where up-and-coming and experimental musicians intersected—Tiny Tim, with his surreal ukulele act and falsetto voice, was among the more eccentric performers. During that same year, Jimi Hendrix was also frequenting the club, often jamming with others, and The Doors played several times in June and July of 1967.
Though there is no firm record of a billed performance featuring all three—Tiny Tim, Jimi Hendrix, and The Doors—on the same night, it is entirely plausible that they were in the venue at overlapping times. The Scene was known for its informal jam sessions and surprise appearances, so Tiny Tim may well have shared the stage or social space with Hendrix and members of The Doors during that dynamic summer in New York’s psychedelic underground.
I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because their was really no reason to save it at the time.
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Other interesting items from the counter-culture era. Complete in 40 pages, tabloid-size, one crease across the center, nice condition.
Provenance note: This issue comes from The Village Voice's own archives, part of their in-house collection used to create their digital archive.
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Category: The 20th Century
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