EP3 - The Sparrows fly to NYC, LA's Sunset Strip and SF's Haight Ashbury

It's Oct 1965 and the clubs in Toronto's Yorkville Village are buzzing with bands like The Sparrows and The Mynah Birds with Rick James and Neil Young,...yes, you read that right. I meet the love of my life, Jutta, at a Sparrows gig, follow her home and move in with her. Lonnie Johnson, renowned blues / jazz guitarist, shares a little musical history with me before The Sparrows get a record deal in NYC and move to Manhatten in early '66. We play Jetset Club Arther's and the Downtown Club, where Bette Midler runs the Coat Ck room, but California is calling. We arrive in LA, play "It's Boss" and "The Whisky a go go" but riots on Sunset Strip make us try our luck in San Francisco's Haight Ashbury. The Family Dog runs the Avalon Ballroom, with its mesmerizing lightshows, and we're welcome there. There are Angels on Acid at the Ark and The first Human Be-in draws over 30 thausand ...with LSD the libation of choice. The Matrix Club records our shows without our concent and in early '67 we're back in LA. Jutta arrives from Toronto with INS Visa instructions to get married. We get our $5 marriage certificate and spend our Honeymoon 'night' at Sandy Kaufax' elegant Tropicana Motel in West Hollywood. The Sparrow starts its week-long gig at The Galaxy on the Strip, but after a blowout with the owner The Sparrow breaks up......WELL NOW WHAT. ....Out of The Sparrow's ashes Steppenwolf is Born --- to be wild in EP4. Stay tuned: JK

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