"As some of you might know, Jerry Moore and I were real close when we were in college together but drifted apart afterwards. Nothing major, just life. So, here's a quick story: Jerry and I went to the Bottom Line on 11/5/74 to see the early show. The tables were perpendicular to the stage and we had the first two seats on each side of the table, right by the center of the stage. When Garcia came out, I mentioned to Jerry that Garcia was starting to gray. Jerry looked at him (his ankles were 3 feet away from us) and nodded in agreement. We had never been so close to him before. Jerry then took his mics out and actually put them on the stage for a few seconds while rearranging his bag. Garcia stared at Jerry with total disbelief (his eyes actually widened) but he didn't say a word. Then the show began. Another great recording by Mr. Moore." (Harvey)...My name is Scott Raile and, for the past ten years, my friend Chip Madinger and I have been working on the John Lennon book to end all John Lennon books. We've found that there has been very, very, VERY little primary research done on the Beatles over the past 40 years; most everyone who writes a book simply copies what's come before, mistakes and all. Chip and I were determined to not do that, and as such we researched literally everything from scratch. It was mind-boggling how much information we came up with, not only in the category of "I had no idea that's what happened," but also in the category of correcting "facts" that had been accepted for decades. Indeed, we came up with so much information, it can't be contained in one book, but will be spread out over four books, starting (probably) in late 2012. If anyone is interested, please check out our website (lennonology.com) or you can also find our presence on Facebook (again, search for Lennonology). I was primarily involved with what will be the first volume, STRANGE DAYS INDEED, which is a day-by-day chronology of John and Yoko's life from 1968-1980. Since it is in a day-by-day diary format, it was crucial that we nail down as many dates as possible and, as an enormous Deadhead, it was important to me to get the John/Jerry date just right. Like many things, we hit numerous dead-ends for many years, before one thing opened up the floodgates. And so, with Chip's permission, I will reveal here for the first time the REAL date that John met Jerry: Tuesday, November 5, 1974. Our source for this information was an issue of "Cashbox" which featured a photo of John outside the Bottom Line, and which was very explicit about when it was taken. And, like many, many other things in the book, that piece of information connected up to a few other things. In May Pang's book LOVING JOHN (a book that, like so many "I was there" tomes is factually very accurate, but the timeline is very skewed), she mentions that she and John got into a big fight because his photo was published in a "trade publication" that showed him with a lovely woman who was neither Yoko nor May. Sure enough, that description fits the Cashbox photo quite well; a comely lass is indeed hanging on John's arm, and she's no-one we've seen before. And that also provides food for thought for another fact we know: the issue of Cashbox would have been on the stands on Saturday, November 16, 1974, and we know for a fact that John spent the night at the Dakota that night. A result of his fight with May? It seems likely. (And that brings up another point: John and Yoko saw each other a LOT during "the lost weekend." So, the mythology that they were magically reunited at the Elton John concert on November 28 is pure hokum. After all, he spent the night at Yoko's place two weeks before that). So, that's a VERY long way of saying "November 5, 1974." But I want everyone to rest assured that that date is rock-solid