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Have You Ever Bean Green? Lyrics

Thank you Noel and Mitch
Thank you Jim for our exposure to the crowd
And thank you for his coattails Mike you did us proud

Didn't you?

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chip Spitz On Jan 16, 2005

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Chip Spitz

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2005-01-16 13:39:36

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Cover art for Have You Ever Bean Green? lyrics by Soft Machine, The

by Tiger King

19y ago

Soft Machine opened some Jimi Hendrix Experience concerts in their beginning. They're just thanking.

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Cover art for Have You Ever Bean Green? lyrics by Soft Machine, The

by bugmenot123

19y ago

I knew that it was for the JHE, referring to Noel Redding, Mitch Mitchell, and of course Jimi Hendrix. But who's Mike? (Was it Ratledge?)

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Cover art for Have You Ever Bean Green? lyrics by Soft Machine, The

by light vessel

16y ago

Mike Jeffreys, their manager, I believe.

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