Packy Malley's Wedding DJsRetired Plain Dealer rock critic, Jane Scott, turns 90. Unfortunately she's got Alzheimer's now. Still, she carried on her trade past 80. She is loved not only by her readers here in Cleveland but many rock stars still talk of her fondly. Springsteen is a good friend.
Her first assignment was interviewing The Beatles in 1964. She accompanied Hendrix to buy a Corvette when he was here in town. There's so many stories.
Here's a simple montage of photos of her with various artists just put together by Mary Cipriani.
On a personal note, I was just looking through an old family scrap book. There's a story on my nursery school one year reunion we had in 1963. It features a fellow student, Kathleen Meaney (where are you now) feeding me a cookie. I did a double take when I read the byline. Yes, it was written by Jane Scott.
Happy birthday grand dame of rock journalism.
