Jane didn’t care. She entertained us full throttle and when
she was done, she sat down with me, pulled a bunch of grainy candid shots of
the Beatles traveling on a plane out of her purse and proceeded to tell me
about being with Jimi Hendrix when he bought a car. I think that was the first time I ever wished
I could crawl into somebody’s pocket and live there.
John Soeder [The Plain Dealer’s Pop Music Critic] posted
an article online today announcing that The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame dedicated a statue
to Jane this afternoon. Describing the statue
by Cleveland sculptor David Deming John Soeder says:
The statue is slightly larger than life, with neat details.
Scott's beaming likeness has a concert ticket pinned to her jacket, as was her
wont. Her bulging purse includes a jar of peanut butter, because she made a
point of carrying peanut-butter sandwiches while on assignment. And in her
notebook are written two questions that she often asked the musicians she
interviewed: "What's your favorite color?" and "Where did you go
to high school?"
Jane was a really interesting woman and not a bit afraid of
being who she was 100% of the time. If I
thought they’d let me, I’d go into the Rock Hall and stick a post it in her
notebook – I’d thank her again for the candid Beatles photos I took home with
me that day, but I think the more important thing I took home was the idea that
you can choose how you want to be regardless of the situation.
Jane never felt like a fish out of water, even though she was sometimes twenty to thirty years [or more] older than
the rockers she was interviewing. She loved her job and did it with style and
heart for fifty years. There’s a really lovely piece she wrote when she decided
to retire called in part “Jane Scott, witness to rock history….” , but another
piece written about her called “Forever Young” really resonates with me. She
was a grown up, but she wasn’t afraid to feed the child inside. Gotta
love a woman like that.
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| Jane Scott statue by David Deming unveiled at Cleveland Rock and Roll Hall of Fame July 5, 2012 [image from cleveland.com] |
