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Kay Poorboy, Joe Cocker and Donna Washburn inside a locker room, early 1970. Photo by Linda Wolf.
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Rest in Peace Joe Cocker..
Across The Universe - Come Together
Having an umbrella can come in handy.
On humid summer afternoons, thunderclouds invade the cornflower skies of the Upper Northwest, leaving Minneapolis sidewalks drenched in puddles of purple rain.
The epicenter is often the First Avenue and 7th Street Entry, built as a bus depot but converted into a music venue. Joe Cocker played two sets there on opening night, April 3rd, 1970.
Fourteen years later, a local talent made First Avenue famous. Prince rented the club for $100,000 over 25 days to serve as the main location for his first film. The soundtrack for Purple Rain included Let’s Go Crazy and When Doves Cry and earned an Academy Award. Prince simultaneously had the top single, album and film in the United States.
He continued to visit First Avenue is subsequent decades, both to perform and listen to new musicians. On the day Prince died in 2016, more than 10,000 people converged near the venue for an impromptu celebration of his life.
(Photograph by Scott Church from DeviantArt.)
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