Apparently, he lives in Amsterdam, hangs out at his favorite cafe everyday, controls the jukebox, and then hosts an internet radio program.

It’s funny, because his name keeps popping up around me.  First, I noticed an ad for one of his latest blues CDs in Big City Rhythm and Blues magazine, called Fattening Frogs For Snakes, Country Blues Vol. 2.  Then, I read about the White Panther party that he formed and the havoc they caused in Ann Arbor in early 70s, according to a text book about the history of Ann Arbor I found in the school I work at that was written for elementary school students.  The author obviously disliked Sinclair’s work, whipping up a mental picture of long haired hippies turing the city upside down with their far left radical views that threatened the state of good ol’ Ann Arbor the way Allen and Rumsey had dreamed it up when they purchased the original acreage along the Huron River.

I can picture him there at the 420 cafe in Amsterdam, a group of stoned disciples gathered ’round, listening to tales of the good ol’ days of the music of the MC5, overthrowing the Ann Arbor government, and fighting unjust drug laws.

Joihn Sinclair authored the book Guitar Army, named after a Rationals song, that tells the story in his words of what was going on at that time.  It was recently reissued.  I think I’ll check it out, I haven’t read it.