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Saw John Lennon two times: once at Candlestick Park near San Francisco with the Beatles and once in North Beach having a drink with his wife Yoko Ono.

First time: Susan Leibovitz and I crashed the right outfield fence of the ball park(no bleachers there yet) and listened to them play their last official gig, August 29, 1966.

John waved at Susan from a vehicle as they drove away from the concert. Second time: I was playing folk and Russian music in a wedge shaped caffe on Vallejo Street in North Beach, San Francisco. John and Yoko, the barista and myself the only persons present at that time. I had an audition at the Coffee Gallery about half a block away and went in the place to warm up. The year was 1972.

During those early 1970s I hung out now and then with my friend Annie who worked with Rolling Stone magazine and took that iconic photo of John and Yoko in their Manhattan apartment on 8 December 1980 a few hours before it all ended for John Lennon

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