A nice profile of Jane Scott, the world’s oldest rock critic, who just retired at 83. (Aside: Geez, the Washington Post’s Style section just does the best damned features. Always with the right combination of snarkiness and generosity. They’re so good.) A friend of mine was once an arts reporting intern at the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the newspaper Scott worked at, and he thought she was cool as hell.
“She accompanied Jimi Hendrix when he bought a blue Corvette, and she dueted with Brian Wilson on ‘California Girls’ after he beelined to a piano during an interview in a hotel lobby. She watched Keith Moon handcuff himself to a young lady he didn’t know, and she got a snarky backstage brushoff from Janis Joplin. By any measure, it’s been a memorable run.”
She also makes a confession: “I was never good at the difference between metal and punk-metal.”
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We always new she was known by everyone here, but it’s great to see that she really is an institution. Jane’s column was THE thing to read in the Friday Plain Dealer. It was the first and sometimes the only place (pre-internet)to find out who was coming to Cleveland. By the way thanks for the great site. My mix is coming soon.
What a great article. If anyone has seen it all, Jane Scott surely has. As a music lover it would be great to hear some of her stories. I’m sure she has some doozies.