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Title: Hendrix at George's Club 20 (Hackensack)
Post by: Editor on November 24, 2005, 09:14:37 PM
I had known for a while that Jimi Hendrix had played in Hackensack but I was never sure where.  Eventually, someone sent me an email telling me that he played at "George's Club 20".  For about a year, no one could tell me where George's was.  Finally, I met someone who used to frequent Georges and he told me it was on the corner of Moore and Bridge Street near the Courthouse.   I was absolutely floored when someone from the UK saw this information on my triva page and eventually sent me the following photos of Jimi actually playing at George's.  Amazing. 

(http://www.hackensacknow.com/images/Georges.jpg)

(http://www.hackensacknow.com/images/Georges (2).jpg)

(http://www.hackensacknow.com/images/Georges (3).jpg)

(http://www.hackensacknow.com/images/Georges (4).jpg)

(http://www.hackensacknow.com/images/Georges (5).jpg)

(http://www.hackensacknow.com/images/Georges (1).jpg)

Hendrix also did an album called Hackensack Blues, although I'm not sure exactly where it was recorded:

(http://www.hackensacknow.org/images/hendrix.jpg)

Click here for more information (http://www.earlyhendrix.com/artists/knight/unknown1.htm)
Title: Re: Hendrix at George's Club 20 (Hackensack)
Post by: BLeafe on February 01, 2006, 04:10:59 PM
Jimi Hendrix/George's Club 20

Hendrix did indeed play at George's Club 20 and the location given is accurate (address: 20 Bridge St). At the time, he was playing guitar with King Curtis and the date is probably in the last week of 1965 or possibly the first week in 1966. I have a CD-R of the show, and I've heard that there is apparently a longer one available.


"Hackensack Blues" album

The Hackensack Blues album is a Canadian product that has ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with Hackensack, aside from possibly being named because of Jimi's friendship with George. I have 2 copies of that album. It doesn't say where it was recorded, though it shows a picture supposedly of Hendrix in a NY studio for "first mix".
Title: Re: Hendrix at George's Club 20 (Hackensack)
Post by: Editor on February 05, 2006, 11:44:02 AM
(http://www.hackensacknow.com/images/hendrixhackensack.jpg)

This record album is EARLY JIMI HENDRIX. It is on the BARON label of Melrose Mass. It is record #105. Hendrix plays: DRIVING SOUTH, I'M A MAN, ON THE KILLIN' FLOOR, CALIFORNIA NIGHT, AIN'T THAT PECULIAR, WHAT'D I SAY AND BRIGHT LIGHTS BIG CITY. The jacket states: "recorded live by Ed Chalpin at George's Club 20 in Hackensack New Jersey during a performance by Jimi Hendrix and Curtis Knight in 1965".

Thanks to Bob Leafe for this info.  I put a bid on this on ebay.  If I can get the album, I try to upload some sound clips.  
Title: Re: Hendrix at George's Club 20 (Hackensack)
Post by: BLeafe on February 05, 2006, 12:54:40 PM
There are sooooo many variations of this show out there on LP and CD. I don't think I've seen this particular 7-song LP before. My CD-R has 10 songs, but only 4 match with this LP. I think I once saw a 20-song version somewhere.

I just listened to the first cut ("Drivin' South"). Jimi is introduced as "Jimmy James" - the name he went by back then, but there's no mistaking that voice when you hear it (BTW - he had a band in 1966 called "Jimmy James and the Blue Flames").

During that introduction, he's asked, "What are you gonna do, Jimmy, on this Christmas plus one?", so that should confirm the performance date of December 26, 1965.

Too bad I didn't cruise a block off Main St. that night.

If you don't win the album, Editor, you can copy mine if you want.
Title: Re: Hendrix at George's Club 20 (Hackensack)
Post by: Editor on February 26, 2006, 06:18:36 PM
I got it.

Jimi Hendrix and Curtis Knight: 12/26/65 in Hackensack:

Click here to listen to the first few moments of the album (http://www.hackensacknow.org/hendrixhack.mp3).

This is an .mp3 file and will open in Windows Media Player.
Title: Hendrix: George's Club 20 (Hackensack)
Post by: Editor on July 24, 2008, 11:39:00 AM
Thanks Bob.

This is on ebay here (http://cgi.ebay.com/Hackensack-NJ-RPPC-Real-Photo-Georges-Club-20-Cafe-Bar_W0QQitemZ360073478585QQihZ023QQcategoryZ20224QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting).
Title: Re: Hendrix at George's Club 20 (Hackensack)
Post by: Editor on December 23, 2009, 01:26:16 AM
Hendrix, Knight performing "What'd I Say" in Hackensack on 12/26/65 (audio only):

http://www.youtube.com/v/7m-z97S_Dts&hl=en_US&fs=1&
Title: Re: Hendrix at George's Club 20 (Hackensack)
Post by: Chief Oratam on December 23, 2009, 08:16:18 PM
This is great stuff....Thanks for sharing folks.
Title: Re: Hendrix at George's Club 20 (Hackensack)
Post by: RPOZ51 on January 03, 2010, 10:23:55 PM
Great stuff.  Thanks to everyone for the great info.

To ocntribute to the conversation, I recently found this site:  http://www.earlyhendrix.com/curtis-knight-and-the-squires-live.html

where the author makes this statement:

Quote
"The George's Club, Hackensack, New Jersey, 26 December 1965 date often given for these tracks is not correct. The location was taken from a song introduction, but it happens to belong to one of the tracks that was definately recorded in the studio. The date might be correct for some of these songs."
Title: Re: Hendrix at George's Club 20 (Hackensack)
Post by: BLeafe on January 14, 2010, 12:47:55 AM
Jimi Hendrix' "Hackensack Blues" LP

http://xrl.us/HackensackBlues

Seller's description:

This album is very clean with only very light wear, visible only if held up to a light. Nice shiny vinyl. Cover is in good condition as well, with only the beginnings of some ring wear at the very top and bottom. No split seams.

The only surface noise is at the beginning of Drivin’ South and during parts of Get Out Of My Life. Otherwise, a pretty clean playing record. I’ve not attempted to clean this disc with fluids.

There is an excellent explanation of these recordings on the “Drivin’ South” album review at: http://pagesperso-orange.fr/hendrix.guide/before.htm


OK, kids - here's your chance! This is worth it just for the cover. This should be framed and hanging in City Hall. Since that'll never happen, let me be the first to suggest that it hang in the Hackensack History Museum/Cultural Center or whatever the Masonic Hall becomes.

(Click to enlarge picture)
Title: Re: Hendrix at George's Club 20 (Hackensack)
Post by: BLeafe on March 09, 2010, 04:07:15 PM
Editor,

Unfortunately, your video of "What'd I Say" has been deleted.

Fortunately, I found another that's supposedly from that same night at George's - a nice stereo version of the Stones' "Satisfaction" (!) After the only visual (a Hendrix picture that's reversed), it's audio only:


http://www.youtube.com/v/gENgE7Ue69w&hl=en_US&fs=1&



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Title: "What'd I Say" LP (another C. Knight/Hendrix/George's Club 20 variation)
Post by: BLeafe on June 14, 2010, 12:51:50 AM
Description:

You are bidding on a LP record album from Jimi Hendrix and Curtis Knight called WHAT'D I SAY
MFP Music for Pleasure #MFP 5278 Made in England 1970 Produced by Ed Chalpin. Manufactured by EMI
This was recorded live at George's Club 20 in Hackensack, NJ
VERY RARE EARLY Jimi Hendrix! Out of Print and hard to find!

Side 1:

    * DRIVING SOUTH 7:30
    * CALIFORNIA NIGHT 5:08

Side 2:

    * ON THE KILLIN' FLOOR (KILL 'EM SLOW) 3:59
    * WHAT'D I SAY 3:18
    * I'LL BE DOGGONE 3:39
    * BRIGHT LIGHTS BIG CITY 3:16


Album cover in good condition. Shows a some shelf-wear on all edges, front and back, beginning to split in middle of spine edge. Spot on front near top were a sticker had been removed, taking a small piece of the surface (see pic). Album has sticker on back, near bottom that says "MADE IN ENGLAND"
Has original inner sleeve, in good condition.
Disc is in VERY good condition with one very light surface scratch on side 2. Disc has sticker on label "MADE IN ENGLAND"
I don't have a working turntable, I can only give a visual inspection, so I cannot guarantee the sound quality of this record.
Album sold "as-is".



I'm posting this to show another variation of what's been put out from this gig. Editor's "Early" album has 7 cuts. This one has 6. My CD-R has 10, but only 3 that are on Editor's LP and 4 that are on this album, where none of the song lengths are the same on the songs that DO match up - some differ by over a minute.

This seller listed his 6 cuts and Editor listed his 7 above, so for the record, my CD-R has:

 1. Drivin' South (Instrumental)
 2. Ain't That Peculiar?
 3. I'll Be Doggone
 4. I've Got A Sweet Little Angel
 5. Bright Lights, Big City
 6. Get Out Of My Life Woman
 7. Last Night (Instrumental)
 8. Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch
 9. What'd I Say?
10. Shotgun


When I put the CD-R into iTunes, I saw "PPX Studio Recordings (Live at George's Club 20) - Disc 4 of 6" show up in the disc info. Wow - could there really be 6 discs-worth of recordings from George's?

I found this: http://www.discogs.com/Jimi-Hendrix-The-Complete-PPX-Studio-Recordings/release/1326994           

Jimi Hendrix - The Complete PPX Studio Recordings (see second image)

There ARE 6 discs in this package, but only one from George's, which is the only disc in the group with an identifiable recording location.



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Title: Hendrix Video (George's)
Post by: Editor on July 06, 2010, 12:10:11 AM
On the killing floor - Jimi Hendrix

YouTube tag says: "possibly recorded at George's Club 20, Hackensack, New Jersey, 26 dicembre 1965"

http://www.youtube.com/v/MAN5euXaZeE&hl=en_US&fs=1
Title: Re: Hendrix at George's Club 20 (Hackensack)
Post by: BLeafe on November 02, 2010, 11:13:21 AM
I had known for a while that Jimi Hendrix had played in Hackensack but I was never sure where.

Here's something I just found out in The Record today: before he played in Hackensack, Jimi lived in Englewood for two years with the Isley Brothers family.


http://www.northjersey.com/arts_entertainment/celebrities/106500483_Isley_brother_reflects_on_Jimi_Hendrix_s_Englewood_days.html?page=all



Isley brother reflects on Jimi Hendrix's Englewood days

Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Last updated: Tuesday November 2, 2010, 8:57 AM
BY JIM BECKERMAN
The Record
STAFF WRITER

WHO: Ernie Isley, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Jonny Lang, Living Colour, Billy Cox, Steve Vai, Robert Randolph, Eric Johnson.

WHAT: The Experience Hendrix Tour.

WHEN: 8 p.m. Wednesday.

WHERE: Community Theatre at Mayo Center for the Performing Arts, 100 South St., Morristown; 973-539-8008 or mayoarts.org.

HOW MUCH: $67 to $125.


Everyone knows the Jimi Hendrix who reinvented the electric guitar with his screaming, howling, mind-bending solos.

But only Ernie Isley knows the Jimi Hendrix who used to play the "Three Stooges" theme while everyone in their house in Englewood broke up.

"Everybody would just start laughing," recalls Isley, then an 11-year-old youngster born into the famous Isley Brothers ("Twist & Shout," "Shout") musical dynasty.

Between 1963 and 1965, Hendrix was not only the Isley Brothers' guitarist, he also lived in the back room of the Bergen County house that Ernie shared with his mom, his older brother O'Kelly and younger brother Marvin (both now deceased).

When 10-year-old brother Marvin wanted a new Pez dispenser for his collection, Jimi went to the store with him. When the family gathered at the TV to watch the Beatles on the historic Feb. 9, 1964, "Ed Sullivan Show," Jimi was in the living room with them. "Marvin was sitting on one side of him, and I was sitting on the opposite side," Isley recalls.

Guitarist Isley, a 1992 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, will channel those memories, as well as some great music, when he appears with an all-star musical lineup that includes Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Jonny Lang, Living Colour, Billy Cox and Steve Vai in the Experience Hendrix tour, coming to the Community Theatre in Morristown on Wednesday.

"It's kind of like I get to be 11 years old again," Isley says. "The thing about Jimi Hendrix is that the majority of people just automatically go to the icon. And he was not that. He became that. He was a person."

Long before "Purple Haze," "All Along the Watchtower" and "The Wind Cries Mary," there was already a buzz about Jimi Hendrix. In spring 1963, the Isley Brothers had gone to the Village to track down an amazing guitarist they'd heard about. According to Ernie Isley, the conversation went down something like this:

O'Kelly: You got this reputation. Play something for me.

Hendrix: I can't.

O'Kelly: Why not?

Hendrix: Because I pawned my guitar. It's in the pawn shop.

(Later, after getting the guitar at the pawn shop.)

O'Kelly: Play something for me.

Hendrix: I can't.

O'Kelly: Why not?

Hendrix: I don't have any strings on my guitar.

When Hendrix eventually did play a solo, the brothers hired him on the spot. Then it was:

O'Kelly: We got rehearsals in New Jersey the day after tomorrow.

Hendrix: I can't make rehearsals in New Jersey.

O'Kelly: Why not?

Hendrix: I don't have a place to stay.

That's how Hendrix came to live with the Isleys during two formative years in which he honed a style that, a few years later, was to change the face of rock-and-roll. "Before he came to the house for the first time, Kelly got him a brand-new guitar," Isley says. "We went to Manny's [the New York music store] and got a brand-new white Strat [Stratocaster] at his request. His very first one."

That guitar, Isley recalls, was never very far from Jimi. "It was always within arm's reach," Isley said. "He would drink orange juice and play guitar."

Hendrix, then about 21, became an older brother to the two young Isleys. They would watch TV together: "Super Chicken," "Beany and Cecil," "Bonanza," "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom."

But always, Hendrix was practicing, practicing. "We had a full-length mirror near the front door of the house, and he would be playing the guitar and looking at himself in the mirror to see how he looked," Isley says. "He would flip it behind his back, or under his leg. You never saw anybody interact with an instrument like that. Like it was a yo-yo."

By the time Hendrix left the Isleys in 1965, he was already a breakout star. And by the time he stopped back in Englewood for a visit, arriving from England and on his way to the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, he had morphed into Jimi Hendrix, rock god.

"Marvin looked at him and said, 'Is that Jimi?' " Isley recalls. "Cause he had this rainbow of colors on him. Hat, bracelets, rings on every finger, belt, sash, velvet bell-bottom pants. This was before Carnaby Street and psychedelia had hit the United States. When he walked down the hallway, he [was] like [movie gunslinger] Shane."

Like all the artists in the "Experience" show, touring regularly since 1995, Isley has been influenced by Hendrix.

He transformed the electric guitar from a mere amplified instrument into a whole new medium of expression, Isley says — by producing sounds that no one had heard before.

"If he was the president, he'd be George Washington," Isley says. "He'd always be first."



E-mail: beckerman@northjersey.com



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Title: Re: Hendrix at George's Club 20 (Hackensack)
Post by: Editor on March 22, 2011, 03:06:16 PM

About 5:20 into the video, the narrator mentions George's and Hendrix plays "I'm a Man".
Title: Re: Hendrix at George's Club 20 (Hackensack)
Post by: BLeafe on March 23, 2011, 06:33:56 PM
At the end of the song, the narrator confirms the December 26 date, but says it's 1964 instead of 1965.

In all the discussions regarding the date, I've never heard 1964 mentioned before.

There's also a scroll during the song that says it was recorded at The Manhattan in 1964 - even though the narrator identifies the location as George's both at the beginning and the end of the song.

Nothing like making up new errors and creating even more confusion where plenty already existed, is there?

Title: Re: Hendrix at George's Club 20 (Hackensack)
Post by: Oratam_Weaping on August 02, 2011, 03:47:12 PM
Does anyone know what date Hendrix made the return trip to Hackensack to play the FOX Theatre? I seem to recall he did a show there.
Title: Re: Hendrix at George's Club 20 (Hackensack)
Post by: BLeafe on August 02, 2011, 05:00:33 PM
Does anyone know what date Hendrix made the return trip to Hackensack to play the FOX Theatre? I seem to recall he did a show there.

September 19, 1970?  ;)

Title: Re: Hendrix at George's Club 20 (Hackensack)
Post by: Oratam_Weaping on August 07, 2011, 10:51:04 AM
I remember school had started and I was in Junior High School. The Garage mod clothing store was still open and it closed in 1969. Robbies Music had just gotten in the paisley fender guitars, and Paul Capazzoli Drum studio was still in business. So I am guessing Sept 1968...?
Title: Re: Hendrix at George's Club 20 (Hackensack)
Post by: BLeafe on August 07, 2011, 11:21:43 AM
Jimi Hendrix did not play at the Fox Theater.

Title: Re: Hendrix at George's Club 20 (Hackensack)
Post by: Oratam_Weaping on August 07, 2011, 03:26:52 PM
Yes he did. Hendrix Mgt. struck a deal with FOX and in 1968 took an extensive tour of FOX Theaters thought the USA from September through November of 1968. Others who performed at the FOX: Santana; Mountain; Cactus; Black Sabbath; Manfred Mann; Jethro Tull; and a host of others, as I recall there were also many cancelled shows, including a rumor that the Rolling Stones were going to play but in that case the tickets were never sold.... I used to know folks who had a business in Hackensack and were friends with ushers at the Fillmore East. They always got the best seats and even backstage and after-parties.  There was a push on by these folks (originally from Ridgfield and and Cliffside Park) to get the word out that Hackensack was a great place to play, in hopes that Olive Tree, 6-7/8th and Prozys would do a bang up business like the shops around the Capital theater did. The owner of 6-7/8th was friends with Tim Bogert of the Vanilla Fudge who was later the bass player of Cactus.   They even tried to get Led Zeppelin to play I was at a party at the end of Oakdene Ave in in Cliffside park after the 2nd concert of Led Zeppelin show, and John Bonham and Jimmy Paige can by after the show as we all did. The back yard was the venue and was overlooking a the cliff.  My friend's wife owned a trucking company and was able to [procure the presence of some of the Band and large quantities of food from a caterer. Everyone went home to get their amps, and were trying too hard to get to jam with Zep before John could even set his drums up/ Jimmy was warming up sitting on a Fender Twin, and some clown came along with a dual; stack Marshall and tried to blow Jimmy away at high volume, and he sucked. Jimmy was a gentleman but the neighbors called the cops and dispersed the crowd of about 200 people who were filing in from the avenue a few blocks away. If it were kept a better secret or [people were not allowed to leave and come back Zep may have played at the Fox.
Title: Re: Hendrix at George's Club 20 (Hackensack)
Post by: BLeafe on August 07, 2011, 03:50:06 PM
Yes he did. Hendrix Mgt. struck a deal with FOX and in 1968 took an extensive tour of FOX Theaters thought the USA from September through November of 1968.

Jimi's tour dates are well-documented online.

I find nothing that says he played at ANY Fox Theater ANYWHERE in the world in 1968. His only NJ show in 1968 was at Symphony Hall in Newark on April 5.

If he played the Fox, you should be able to find evidence of that online. Please post if you do.


Title: Re: Hendrix at George's Club 20 (Hackensack)
Post by: Oratam_Weaping on August 07, 2011, 04:14:48 PM
I had modified my post (above) BEFORE  I was aware that you replied. Please review again. Sorry :)..  The fact is is not all cancellations and shows are available online. Jerry Garcia  often stayed at a house in Bergenfield to unwind while in the area. I know, bcause I had a beer (actually three Molsen Ales)  with him, the band, and the folks who rented that house. You will not find that online. Just as not all tour dates are published in archives. I can tell you who played at Leon's in the 1940-50s that are super famous but you will never see that online. I was not there but my dentist was Dr. Birchard B Goodall, Jazz Musician Historian and Main Street Dentist. John Entwistle of the Who had come to a house in Hackensack because he liked a Sicilian lasagna and a certain selection of bass guitars. Jack Bruce autographed his prototype bass in Hackensack, but there is nothing online about that., as well. The Free South Africa concerts for the ANC (African National Congress)  were conceived in Hackensack starting in 1984 and the files were picked up by Sully Simlane (ANC) in Hackensack (2nd to Nelson Mandela, in charge of ANC United Nations Mission, while Mandela was incarcerated) and Sully had tea in Hackensack. Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis were instrumental in applying behind the scenes pressure to help fell Aparthied. There are letters someplace. And why? Because I recall it. I also recall the marquis "Jimi Hendrix Experience"  just as I recall Jethro Tull, and Black Sabbath, but the only concerts I recall; actually going; to was Mountain and Cactus. Not everything is written in record, and that is the problem with history...  anyway I'll try and post some pics and proofs, but it's hardly important. I did not see him play. I did not ask my school mates. I did see the marquis and of this I am sure. I can tell you about a number of more recent troubling items, news items that were published but cannot be found on the internet.  Oh yes, and the late Jaco Pastorius gave his first bassn to a Hackensack resident, perhaps the most famous bass player in the world, as did Bill Wyman. Geoprge Benson, who cannot tell a lie also gave a Hackensack resident the six string Fender Bass on his album "Breezin." You wont find that online. Oh.. there was also a non-profit organization stationed in Hackensack that notarized the most famous bass players in the world as having their archives and memorabilia in Hackensack, including many basses. You will not find any of that online, because Hackensdack Politics made is a requisite to bury those horos as if they had never happened. And Rudy Van Gelder wants nothing to do with Hackensack, and does not want his name associated with it. I cannot say that I blame him.
Title: Re: Hendrix at George's Club 20 (Hackensack)
Post by: BLeafe on August 07, 2011, 04:52:21 PM
Typing thousands of words does not change the fact that Jimi Hendrix never played the Fox Theater.




Title: Re: Hendrix at George's Club 20 (Hackensack)
Post by: Oratam_Weaping on August 07, 2011, 05:07:52 PM
because it is not online? You are wrong. But suit yourself. I don't care. When they burned the books in the middle ages people who remembered were damned. That's OK. You only want to be right and you don't care aabo0ut the people who remember . I understand. So, Mr. Speciale (Baker) was not gunned down on Fair Street by Machine gun fire on the day of his daughter's wedding. During prohibition the bleach man "Bungalina" did not also deliver grain alcohol to be flavored and bottled at certain establishments. Have it your way. :)

I am glad you do not believe me because that's all the information you (and anybody) is going to get. We Italians/Irish/HJews (now Russians and Columbians) are responsible for the ideas that made Jersey great. The lottery was born of grocery stores and barber shops, with or without public telephones. What was illegal then was adopted by the State of New Jersey, and this state is patterned after the very same influence peddling that made American politics famous. I expect you to rely on the record to find the facts, because the facts were destroyed. Just as the Holy Roman Church lied and altered history, so has the library of congress. hehehehe  what a joke...
Title: Re: Hendrix at George's Club 20 (Hackensack)
Post by: BLeafe on August 07, 2011, 06:52:38 PM
Proof talks, BS walks.

Title: Re: Hendrix at George's Club 20 (Hackensack)
Post by: Oratam_Weaping on August 07, 2011, 07:07:13 PM
How sophomoric...
Title: Re: Hendrix at George's Club 20 (Hackensack)
Post by: Editor on August 07, 2011, 07:19:03 PM
While we are on the subject (sort of), Leslie West, guitarist for Mountain, grew up in Hackensack:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_West

He also played with Hendrix in 1969 in New York:

http://home.comcast.net/~gv0000/Mountain_4.pdf
Title: Re: Hendrix at George's Club 20 (Hackensack)
Post by: BLeafe on August 07, 2011, 07:38:35 PM
How sophomoric...

...and how effective!

It cut 100,000 words down to TWO!

Title: Re: Hendrix at George's Club 20 (Hackensack)
Post by: Oratam_Weaping on August 08, 2011, 05:21:26 PM
I hope the following is not true: A friend of mine who is close to Bucky Pizzarelli has heard though a mutaal contact that Leslie West is not in the best of health, I think he mentioned a possibility of some heart and or sugar problem... I can't be sure. Nice to send some positive thoughts his way.
Title: Re: Hendrix at George's Club 20 (Hackensack)
Post by: weinish on January 07, 2013, 01:10:35 PM
I am only posting here because I have a copy of this entire show, and figured I'd pass it along to fellow NJ'ites

http://www.sendspace.com/file/ttzmsm

you download it, and "UNZIP" the file for all the tracks.

[Editor's disclaimer: I appreciate the link but anyone downloading the file should exercise caution.  I do not know this user.]
Title: It happened in Hackensack 50 years ago tonight
Post by: BLeafe on December 26, 2015, 11:20:53 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26oaLXiiIpA



Right where this parking lot is on the corner of Bridge St and Moore St is where George's Club 20 was (20 Bridge St):


Title: Re: Hendrix at George's Club 20 (Hackensack)
Post by: BLeafe on August 31, 2017, 04:45:00 PM
I recently found this amongst a pile of other stuff in my apartment:


Click to enlarge.



Title: Re: Hendrix at George's Club 20 (Hackensack)
Post by: johnny g on September 01, 2017, 07:46:23 AM
I wondered where that club was...such a small piece of property, club must have been tiny
Title: Re: Hendrix at George's Club 20 (Hackensack)
Post by: BLeafe on September 01, 2017, 01:31:13 PM
If you back up to the first page of this thread, there's a postcard that shows the exterior, albeit very small.

I've superimposed that postcard over the more current shot  (3 posts up). In it, you can see that the big house next door looks the same and that George's was comparatively tiny.

I'm hoping there's a picture out there somewhere of the front entrance to George's.


Title: Re: Hendrix at George's Club 20 (Hackensack)
Post by: Editor on September 03, 2017, 09:18:14 PM
Does anybody remember a gas station at this location? What is that small white building in the center?
Title: Re: Hendrix at George's Club 20 (Hackensack)
Post by: Homer Jones on September 04, 2017, 12:01:01 PM
Check with the tax assessor. Maybe the property record cards can give an indication.
Title: Re: Hendrix at George's Club 20 (Hackensack)
Post by: BLeafe on September 04, 2017, 03:16:09 PM
What is that small white building in the center?

I'm guessing that the white structure - as opposed to the gray buildings - is some sort of entrance/front to the club.

That's why I said I'd like to see a picture of the club's front entrance. I can't find anything online.

Maybe we should just go knock on the door of the bigger house that's still there and ask if anybody knows anything.