Whiskey a Go-Go

Found a "new to us" photo online tonight at this blog .   Whoever the kind soul who posted this photo happens to be, thank you so much for sharing it!    Lennon freaks like me go wild over things like this.   

And I just stumbled upon this photo when I was doing a google image search on a button John wore that said "Not insane."   Go figure!  

It's 1974, at the Whisky-A-Go-Go on L.A.'s Sunset Strip. I had heard a rumour that John Lennon would show up for the Bobby "Blue" Bland concert that night. I go, park myself in the entranceway clutching my Instamatic. Sure enough, in comes John with an entourage, and I start shooting. This was the only picture that came out.

I approached John in the corner table a little later and asked him if I could take his picture. He shrugged and nodded OK, but the wildman sitting next to him started screaming and cursing at me, so I backed away. That crazy bastard was Phil Spector (the other guy in the photo). So I never got a better shot, but I did manage to take up 3 seconds of John Lennon's beautiful life.

John, Yoko and Phil

This isn't a fan photo, but maybe a paparazzi taken shot. It doesn't matter. I like it anyhow. What year would you guess? My guess is 1973 (obviously prior to when John started seeing May Pang)