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Associated Press - Politico / April 2, 2024 John Sinclair, a poet, music producer and counterculture figure whose lengthy prison sentence after a series of small-time pot busts inspired a John Lennon song and a star-studded 1971 concert to free him, has died. He was 82. Sinclair died Tuesday morning at Detroit Receiving Hospital of…
When MC5 played the show it was at a venue called Crazy Horse, which was very popular in the 60s and 70s. The Concert Database places its original location at 5845 S. 12th Street in Portage, where the Bullfrogs & Butterflies Christian Learning Center & Preschool is today.
Sinclair drew a 9 1/2-to-10-year prison sentence in 1969 for giving two joints to undercover officers.
Sinclair drew a 9 1/2-to-10-year prison sentence in 1969 for giving two joints to undercover officers.
John Sinclair, a poet, music producer and counterculture figure whose lengthy prison sentence after a series of small-time pot busts inspired a John Lennon song and a star-studded 1971 concert to free him, died Tuesday