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AADL Talks To: Peter Andrews, Music Promoter, Organizer of the John Sinclair Freedom Rally and Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival

Thu, 02/29/2024 - 9:08am

Peter Andrews, photo by Leni Sinclair — *Peter Andrews, circa 1971. Photo by Leni Sinclair.*

In this wide-ranging interview from 2010, Peter Andrews recalls his varied career producing and managing local and regional music talent — from managing the Scot Richard Case (SRC) band and bringing bands like The Who, Jimi Hendrix, and the Yardbirds to Ann Arbor’s Fifth Dimension club, to booking national acts for University of Michigan student groups. He also discusses his role in Ann Arbor’s legendary Blues and Jazz Festivals, producing the John Sinclair Freedom Rally at Crisler Arena in 1971, and bringing John Lennon and Yoko Ono to town.

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Afromusicology Ensemble Members Play A Lunchtime Concert Outside The 777 Building, September 1988 Photographer: Jim Jagdfeld

Afromusicology Ensemble Members Play A Lunchtime Concert Outside The 777 Building, September 1988 image

Year:
1988

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, September 10, 1988
Caption:
LUNCHTIME CONCERTS - Morris Lawrence, playing the clarinet, and his two sons, Jason Lawrence, bass, and John Lawrence, guitar, and drummer Julian Van Slyke Jr., play for a lunchtime crowd outside the 777 building on Eisenhower Parkway. The group is part of the Afromusicology Ensemble.