Monday 11 May 1970
New York, City, Village Gate, New York, USA

Jam – “Holding Together” benefit for Timothy Leary 
Johnny Winter (with Noel Redding as guest on bass);
Grateful Dead, Jim Morrison and Alan Ginsberg (poetry readings)
MC: Wavy Gravy.

Songs: Getting My Heart Back Together Again; Freedom; Red House. 
Videotaped in black-and white (not in general circulation) ~ 20 minutes.

Samie [surname unknown, photographer]: “Tim's wife was trying to raise money for his release and I was asked to come and join the party. I had met Jimi on a few occasions at Max's Kansas City, a local hang out for artists, photographers and interesting people in general... I was a fan a of Jimi for a while in his early career and had met him in early 1967 at a record store when he could walk around on the street unrecognized and he invited my friends and I to hear him at a small club called the Salvation [either on 20 July 1967 or
between 3 and 8 August 1967] with the Experience trio.
     He was a very gentle man and his handshake was direct, firm but compassionate and not self-assertive which impressed me deeply. Jimi was comparable to Charlie Parker in his innovative talents to contemporary American music” 
[Posting on the www, 4 March 2004]

NB For more details refer to "The Collector's Corner: New Video" published in UniVibes <'33-34, December 1999, p. 10.