John Sinclair: A letter from prison
Another side of the MC5 story, and [incidentally] the end of an era.
(EDITOR’S NOTE: If John Sinclair isn’t the father of the midwestern rock and roll scene, he certainly is its prophet. As Detroit’s contributor to Down Beat ten years ago, as father of the Trans-Love Energies and Artists’ Workshop, manager of the MC5 and Minister of Information (now Chairman fof the White Panther Party, John was largely responsible for much of the energies available, to everyone in the area concerned with rock and roll.
He’s been in jail for five months now and the scene is changing; in some way all of us, whether we agreed with everything John ran down or not, understood and learned from him. His energy was incredible; he is sorely missed, (perhaps when the area needs him most).
