Code,911060
Subject,Joe Hunter
Date,6/18/11
Interviewer,Mike Rotman
Abstract,Joe Hunter describes growing up in Coventry and how the scene in Coventry changed in the 1980s. 
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Minutes: ,17 minutes
0,"Born in Columbus, Ohio in 1960. Parents bought a house on the corner of Euclid Heights and Woodward in 1968. Became a young hippie. "
1,"Coventry was like Haight-Ashbury and the Hell's Angels had a biker bar at the Seesaw CafŽ. Young people were gathering, hanging out, a lot of counter culture stores. "
2,"Moved to Cleveland Heights at age 4, moved to Coventry at 8. Some of the last graduates of Coventry Schools. "
3,Recalls memories from the Cleveland Heights Library. Played music on the front lawn of the Library in 1976. 
4,"Loved Record Revolution. Walls were signed by rock stars that would come into town. Erv's Deli, Tommy's,"
5,Worked at the original Mad Greek as a dishwasher. 
6,"Coventry Street Fair, major summertime event. Band he was in from high school played at the Coventry Street Fair. "
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8,Recalls fires at Coventry Yard. 
9,Light of Yoga Society vegetarian restaurant and yoga classes. Worked at original Arabica. 
10,"Age 20-21 spent a lot of time at Turkey Ridge on Coventry, now the Barking Spider. By the 1980s Coventry didn't have the Haight-Ashbury feel. "
11,Could buy drug paraphanalia in Coventry. 
12,Culture has changed. 
13,Favorite time was in the 1980s when he was 21 and 22 and able to play at different locations. 
14,Record Revolution has come full circle- has gone completely vinyl in 2011. 
15,Hung out at the construction site of the new elementary school. Felt cool because you could hang out with older people. 
16,"Not just teens were hanging out on the street. Lived next door to the program director of WMMS, originally WMMR the FM rock radio in the city of Cleveland. "
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