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Grammy Award-winner and multi platinum recording artist Micki Free donated personal memorabilia to the Seminole Tribe of Florida for display in the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino on March 23. The colorful event took place inside the Hard Rock Café, the same café that Felipe Rose of The Village People donated a gold record and headdress last February. The five-time Music Award-winner of Cherokee and Comanche descent, celebrated by leading an all-star jam session featuring musical friends Jon Brant, formerly of Cheap Trick, Curly Smith, formerly of Boston and Jean Beauvoir, famed producer for The Ramones and formerly of Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul and The Plasmatics.
Scheduled to become part of the elite rock and roll memorabilia collection on display at the landmark hotel are Free's custom-made, ornate guitar on which he played some of his greatest hits including "Don't Get Stopped in Beverly Hills" from the Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack and "Dancing in the Sheets" from the Footloose soundtrack; his Grammy award; a vest he wore in performances; his Native American Eagle Honor Flute and a signed photograph. These items will forever be preserved inside the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino to commemorate his musical contributions. Free turned out for the event in full leather rock and roll/Native regalia, topped off with pounds of turquoise jewelry and a red feather boa.
"We are thrilled to add these rare and valuable items from this influential Native American artist to the largest memorabilia collection in the world," said Don Bernstine, manager of acquisitions/artist relations for Hard Rock International and subject of the newly released DVD Hard Rock Treasures, an entertaining and informative account...